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Agoniatitidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4624836https://www.gbif.org/species/4624836
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)92818https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=92818
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Agoniatitidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Agoniatitidae
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
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyAgoniatitaceaeHolzapfel 1899
familyAgoniatitidaeHolzapfel 1899
Scientific NameAgoniatitidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Agoniatitidaefamilybelongs to Anarcestaceaestated with evidenceArkell et al., 1957
Agoniatitidaefamilybelongs to Agoniatitaceaestated with evidenceKorn and Klug, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)52
First Recorded Appearance419 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Korn. 2006. Paleozoic ammonoid classification.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Agoniatitinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)114419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Sellagoniatitinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)2393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		388 Ma
Middle Devonian
Achguigites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		7408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Agoniatites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		86419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		388 Ma
Middle Devonian
Fidelites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		91403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Parafidelites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Paraphyllites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		14419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Pseudofidelites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Sellagoniatites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		388 Ma
Middle Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1899Agoniatitidae Holzapfel
1957Agoniatitidae Arkell et al. p. 30
2002Agoniatitidae Korn and Klug p. 80
2006Agoniatitidae Korn

References

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification
Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-490
Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 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
Characteristic of order - 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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