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Agathiceratidae ✝
| Description | Agathiceratidae, as revised, makes up the goniatitid superfamily Agathiceratoidea. Agathiceratidae, which lived from the Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) to the Middle Permian, combine related genera with subdiscoidal to globular shells that have a small umbilicus and goniatitic sutures and are prominently longitudinally lirate. (Miller et al. 1960) The explanation for the Agathiceratidae is that for the Agathiceratoidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathiceratidae, 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 : Agathiceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Agathiceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Agathiceratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 326 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 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) | D. Korn. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathiceratidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agathiceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 235 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Gaetanoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 279 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Paragathiceras ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pericleites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1911 | Agathiceratidae Arthaber |
| 1989 | Agathiceratidae Leonova p. 110 |
| 1999 | Agathiceratidae Korn et al. p. 358 |
| 2006 | Agathiceratidae Korn |
| 2009 | Agathiceratidae Furnish et al. p. 60 |
| 2017 | Agathiceratidae Zhou p. 45 |
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!
