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Metalegoceratidae β
| Description | Metalegoceratidae is one of eleven families of the Neoicoceratoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalegoceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Metalegoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Metalegoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Metalegoceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 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) | F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalegoceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Clinolobinae β subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Eothinitinae β subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 69 | 290 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Metalegoceratinae β subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 139 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Bransonoceras β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 290 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Clinolobus β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Eothinites β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 63 | 290 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Epiglyphioceras β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 272 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Glenisterites β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Juresanites β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Menneroceras β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Metalegoceras β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 112 | 296 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Pseudoschistoceras β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 290 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Subeothinites β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Pericycloceratidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pericycloceratidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1937 | Metalegoceratidae Plummer and Scott p. 258 |
| 1977 | Pericycloceratidae Zhao and Zheng |
| 1989 | Metalegoceratidae Leonova p. 118 |
| 1989 | Pericycloceratidae Leonova p. 123 |
| 2006 | Metalegoceratidae Korn |
| 2006 | Pericycloceratidae Korn |
| 2009 | Metalegoceratidae Furnish et al. p. 174 |
| 2017 | Metalegoceratidae Zhou p. 76 |
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!
