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Exiteloceras

Description

Exiteloceras is an ammonite genus from the Late Cretaceous.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4625587https://www.gbif.org/species/4625587
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14882https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14882
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Oegopsida : Chiroteuthidae : Exiteloceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Nostoceratidae : Exiteloceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusExitelocerasHyatt 1894
Scientific NameExiteloceras Hyatt, 1894
Name Published InProc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 32
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Exitelocerasgenusbelongs to Nostoceratidaestated with evidenceKennedy and Cobban, 1997
Exitelocerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Exitelocerasgenusbelongs to Nostoceratidaestated with evidenceIfrim et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exiteloceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Exiteloceras bennisoni
species
listed (PBDB)172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exiteloceras desertense
species
listed (PBDB)170.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exiteloceras etequense
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exiteloceras jenneyi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2483.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1894Exiteloceras Hyatt
1997Exiteloceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 72
2000Exiteloceras Kennedy p. 469
2000Exiteloceras Kennedy et al. p. 51
2002Exiteloceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2015Exiteloceras Ifrim et al. p. 248

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W.A (1997) Upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonites from the Marshalltown Formation-Mount Laurel boundary beds in Delaware, Journal of Paleontology 71 1, 62-73
Kennedy W. J. (2000) Systematic paleontology, in Upper Campanian (Cretaceous) ammonites from the Shinarish Formation, Djebel Sinjar, northwest Iraq, Journal of Paleontology 74 3, 464-473
Kennedy W. J., Landman N. H., et al (2000) Late Campanian (Cretaceous) heteromorph ammonites, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 251, 1-88
Ifrim C., Stinnesbeck W., et al (2015) Upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) cephalopods from the Parras Shale near Saucedas, Coahuila, Mexico, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 64, 229-257
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified - 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
Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 32 - 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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