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Engonoceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625697	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625697
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14818	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14818

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Engonoceratidae : Engonoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Engonoceratidae : Engonoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Engonoceratoidea	Hyatt 1903
family	Engonoceratidae	Hyatt 1900
genus	Engonoceras	Neumayr & Uhlig 1881

Scientific Name

Engonoceras Neumayr & Uhlig, 1881

Name Published In

Palaeontogr., 27

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Engonoceras	genus	belongs to Engonoceratidae	stated with evidence	Benavides-Caceres, 1956
Engonoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Engonoceras	genus	belongs to Engonoceratidae	stated with evidence	Kennedy, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 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)

M. Neumayr and V. Uhlig. 1881. Ueber Ammonitiden aus den Hilsbildungen Norddeutschlands. Palaeontographica 27:129-203

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Engonoceras ambiguum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Engonoceras belviderense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Engonoceras complicatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras dumbli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Engonoceras elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras emarginatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Engonoceras gibbosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras hilli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras iris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Engonoceras jezzinense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Engonoceras pierdenale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Engonoceras pierdenalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Engonoceras retardum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Engonoceras serpentinum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Engonoceras serpentinum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Engonoceras stolleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras subjectum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras wilkinsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1881	Engonoceras Neumayr and Uhlig p. 140
1956	Engonoceras Benavides-Caceres p. 443
1982	Engonoceras Mancini p. 251
1998	Engonoceras Kennedy et al. p. 7
1998	Engonoceras Kennedy et al. p. 3
1998	Engonoceras Lucas and Estep p. 78

Year	Name and Author
2002	Engonoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Engonoceras Kennedy p. 360
2010	Engonoceras Bulot
2018	Engonoceras El Qot p. 156
2018	Engonoceras Robert et al. p. 9

References

Neumayr M., Uhlig V. Ueber Ammonitiden aus den Hilsbildungen Norddeutschlands, Palaeontographica 27, 129-203

Benavides-Caceres V.E. (1956) Cretaceous system in northern Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108 4, 1-493

Mancini E. A. (1982) Early Cenomanian cephalopods from the Grayson Formation of north-central Texas, Cretaceous Research 3, 241-259

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (1998) Ammonites from the Weno Limestone (Albian) in Northeast Texas, American Museum Novitates 3236, 1-46

Kennedy W. J., Landman N. H., et al (1998) Engonoceratid ammonites from the Glen Rose Limestone, Walnut Clay, Goodland Limestone, and Comanche Peak Limestone (Albian) in Texas, American Museum Novitates 3221, 1-40

Lucas S. G., Estep J. W. (1998) The late Albian ammonite Engonoceras from southwest New Mexico, New Mexico Geology 20, 78-82

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Kennedy W. J. (2005) Systematic palaeontology, in Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Main Street Limestone, Grayson Marl and Del Rio Clay in northeast Texas, Cretaceous Research 26, 349-428

Bulot L. G. (2010) Systematic palaeontology of Aptian and Albian ammonites from southwest Iran, GeoArabia, Special Publication 4 1, 167-195

El Qot G. M. (2018) Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy, Cretaceous Research 85, 142-171

Robert E., Samaniego-Pesqueira A., et al (2018) Aptian and Albian (Early Cretaceous) ammonites from Lampazos and the Bisbee groups (Sonora State, northwest Mexico), Cretaceous Research 86, 1-23

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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

Palaeontogr., 27 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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