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Thalassoceratoidea β
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Thalassoceratoidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 323 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Goniatitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. M. Furnish, B. F. Glenister, and J. Kullmann, Z. Zhou. 2009. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida) |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bisatoceratidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 36 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Thalassoceratidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 159 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1900 | Thalassocerataceae Hyatt |
1989 | Thalassocerataceae Leonova p. 115 |
2006 | Thalassocerataceae Korn |
2009 | Thalassoceratoidea Furnish et al. p. 102 |
2017 | Thalassoceratoidea Zhou p. 84 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!