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Eleganticeras ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626308https://www.gbif.org/species/4626308
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14811https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14811
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hildoceratidae : Eleganticeras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Hildoceratidae : Eleganticeras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusEleganticerasBuckman 1913
Scientific NameEleganticeras Buckman, 1913
Name Published InYorksh. Type Ammon., 2 (11), viii.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eleganticerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Eleganticerasgenusbelongs to Harpoceratinaestated with evidenceHowarth, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance182 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eleganticeras elegans ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		15183 Ma
Early Jurassic		183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Eleganticeras elegantulum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		32183 Ma
Early Jurassic		183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Eleganticeras exaratum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		81183 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Leptarpites Repin, 1970GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hildoceratidae : Leptarpites

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1913Elegantuliceras Buckman
1970Leptarpites Repin
2002Eleganticeras Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Ochotoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2013Eleganticeras Howarth p. 72

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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
Yorksh. Type Ammon., 2 (11), viii. - 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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