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Simonyceras

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4575780https://www.gbif.org/species/4575780
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14498https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14498
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ussuritidae : Simonyceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Phylloceratida : Ussuritidae : Simonyceras
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
orderPhylloceratida
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea
familyUssuritidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyMonophyllitinaeSmith 1913
genusSimonycerasWiedmann 1970
Scientific NameSimonyceras Wiedmann, 1970
Name Published InEclog. Geol. Helv. 63
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Simonycerasgenusbelongs to Monophyllitinaestated with evidenceWiedmann, 1970
Simonycerasgenusbelongs to Ussuritidaestated with evidenceTozer, 1981
Simonycerasgenusbelongs to Phylloceratitidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Simonycerasgenusbelongs to Monophyllitinaestated with evidenceLukeneder and Lukeneder, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance237 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance235 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Phylloceratida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Phylloceratida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Wiedmann. 1970. Über den Ursprung der Neoammonoideen - das Problem einer Typogenese. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 63:923-1020

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Simonyceras simonyi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
9237 Ma
Middle Triassic
235 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1970Simonyceras Wiedmann p. 970
1981Simonyceras Tozer p. 99
2002Simonyceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2014Simonyceras Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 384

References

Wiedmann J. (1970) Über den Ursprung der Neoammonoideen - das Problem einer Typogenese, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 63, 923-1020
Tozer E. T. (1981) Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms, The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group, 66-100
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Lukeneder S., Lukeneder A. (2014) A new ammonoid fauna from the Carnian (Upper Triassic) Kasimlar Formation of the Taurus Mountains (Anatolia, Turkey), Palaeontology 57, 357-396
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Eclog. Geol. Helv. 63 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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