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Daraelitidae ✝
| Description | The Daraelitidae form a family in the ammonoid order Prolecanitida from the Upper Mississippian - Middle Permian characterized by discoidal shells with no prominent sculpture, moderately large umbilicus, and goniatitic or ceratitic sutures with a trifid (three pronged) ventral lobe and few auxiliary lobes. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daraelitidae, 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 : Daraelitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Prolecanitida : Daraelitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Daraelitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 339 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Tchernow. 1907. Artinskiy Yarus I. Ammonei basseynov Yayvy, Kos'vy i Chusovoi [Artinskian Stage I. Ammonites of the Yayva, Kos'va and Chusovaya basins]. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, Nouvelle Série 20:270-401 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daraelitidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dalaelitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Epicanitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Boesites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Daraelites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 296 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Epicanites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Praedaraelites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 47 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1907 | Daraelitidae Tchernow p. 371 |
| 1989 | Daraelitidae Leonova p. 77 |
| 2006 | Daraelitidae Korn |
| 2009 | Daraelitidae Furnish et al. p. 189 |
| 2016 | Daraelitidae Korn and Sudar p. 217 |
| 2017 | Daraelitidae Zhou p. 19 |
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!
