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Muniericeratidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Muniericeratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Muniericeratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Muniericeratidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | W. A. Cobban and S. C. Hook. 1983. Mid-Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite fauna from Fence Lake area of west-central New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 41:1-50 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Muniericeras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pseudoschloenbachia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Texasia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Tragodesmoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1952 | Muniericeratidae Wright |
| 1983 | Muniericeratidae Cobban and Hook p. 7 |
| 1993 | Muniericeratidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 832 |
| 1995 | Muniericeratidae Kennedy p. 407 |
| 2007 | Muniericeratidae Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 645 |
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!
