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Arctoceratidae ✝
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Arctoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Arctoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Arctoceratidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ceratitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | Y. Shigeta and Y. D. Zakharov. 2009. Systematic Paleontology: Cephalopods. The Lower Triassic System in the Abrek Bay area, south Primorye, Russia 38:44-140 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Arctoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 109 | 252 Ma Permian | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Brayardites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Churkites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Escarguelites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Minersvillites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Nammalites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Nuetzelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Submeekoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 55 | 252 Ma Permian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Truempyceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1911 | Arctoceratidae Arthaber |
| 1994 | Arctoceratidae Tozer p. 74 |
| 2009 | Arctoceratidae Shigeta and Zakharov p. 117 |
| 2014 | Arctoceratidae Shigeta and Nguyen p. 107 |
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!
