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Dactylioceratidae ✝

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Dactylioceras athleticum

Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Dactylioceras sp.

Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Dactylioceras athleticum

Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Dactylioceras sp.

Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Dactylioceras athleticum

Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Dactylioceras sp.

Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Description

The family Dactylioceratidae comprises Early Jurassic ammonite genera with ribbed and commonly tuberculate shells that resembled later Middle Jurassic stephanoceratids and Upper Jurassic perisphinctids. Shells may be either evolute or involute.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylioceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3245900https://www.gbif.org/species/3245900
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68662https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68662
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Dactylioceratidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Dactylioceratidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea
familyDactylioceratidaeHyatt 1867
Scientific NameDactylioceratidae
Name Published InBull. Mus. comp. Zool., 1(5): 87, 94
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dactylioceratidaefamilybelongs to Eoderocerataceaestated without evidenceDonovan et al., 1981
Dactylioceratidaefamilybelongs to Eoderocerataceaestated with evidenceThomson and Smith, 1992
Dactylioceratidaefamilybelongs to Eoderocerataceaestated without evidenceJakobs, 1997
Dactylioceratidaefamilybelongs to Eoderoceratoideastated with evidenceHillebrandt, 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)111
First Recorded Appearance201 - 199 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance180 - 164 Ma
Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. K. Jakobs. 1997. Toarcian (Early Jurassic) ammonoids from western North America. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 428:137pp.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylioceratidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dactylioceratinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)882201 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Reynesocoeloceratinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)107201 Ma
Early Jurassic		186 Ma
Early Jurassic
Catacoeloceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		119201 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Cetonoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		7190 Ma
Early Jurassic		190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Dactylioceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		317201 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Nodicoeloceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		119183 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Peronoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		110183 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Porpoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		58183 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Prodactylioceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		71201 Ma
Early Jurassic		186 Ma
Early Jurassic
Reynesoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		63201 Ma
Early Jurassic		186 Ma
Early Jurassic
Reynesocoeloceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		27191 Ma
Early Jurassic		186 Ma
Early Jurassic
Zugodactylites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		26201 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1867Dactylioceratidae Hyatt
1981Dactylioceratidae Donovan et al.
1992Dactylioceratidae Thomson and Smith p. 30
1993Dactylioceratidae Arthur et al. p. 29
1996Dactylioceratidae Smith and Tipper p. 46
1997Dactylioceratidae Jakobs p. 41
2006Dactylioceratidae Hillebrandt p. 225
2013Dactylioceratidae Howarth p. 61

References

Jakobs G. K. (1997) Toarcian (Early Jurassic) ammonoids from western North America, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 428, 137pp.
Thomson R. C., Smith P. L. (1992) Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) biostratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the Spatsizi area, north-central British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 437, 1-87
Arthur A. J., Smith P. L., et al (1993) Mesozoic stratigraphy and Jurassic paleontology west of Harrison Lake, southwestern British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 441, 1-62
Smith P. L., Tipper H. W. (1996) Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) ammonites of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Bulletins of American Paleontology 108 348, 1-122
Hillebrandt A. (2006) Ammoniten aus dem Pliensbachium (Carixium und Domerium) von Südamerika, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 25, 1-403
Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 576 Designation under the Plenary Powers of a type-species for Dactylioceras Hyatt, 1867 (class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17, 138-139 (1959) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
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!
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