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Ebrayiceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626773	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626773
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14806	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14806

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Morphoceratidae : Ebrayiceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Morphoceratidae : Ebrayiceras

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	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Morphoceratidae	Hyatt 1900
genus	Ebrayiceras	Buckman 1920

Scientific Name

Ebrayiceras Buckman, 1920

Name Published In

Type Ammonites, 3, pt. 23, p. 22, pl

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ebrayiceras	genus	belongs to Morphoceratidae	stated with evidence	Arkell et al., 1957
Ebrayiceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ebrayiceras	genus	belongs to Morphoceratidae	stated with evidence	Dietze et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic

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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ebrayiceras filicosta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ebrayiceras gignouxi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ebrayiceras kjarisensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ebrayiceras problematicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ebrayiceras rursum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ebrayiceras sulcatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Morphoceras gignouxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1957	Ebrayiceras Arkell et al. p. 311
1993	Ebrayiceras Besnosov and Mitta p. 239
2002	Ebrayiceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Ebrayiceras Dietze et al. p. 20
2015	Ebrayiceras Majidifard p. 35
2016	Ebrayiceras Galácz p. 212

References

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

Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, 1-490

Besnosov N. V., Mitta V. V. (1993) , Pozdnebayosskie i Batskie Ammonitidy Severnogo Kavkaza i Sredney Azii, 1-347

Dietze V., Seyed-Emami K., et al (2014) Morphoceras Douvillé, 1880 and Ebrayiceras Buckman, 1920 from the Dalichai Formation (Lower Bathonian) north and northeast of Damghan (Northeast Alborz), Iran, Zitteliana A 54, 15-22

Majidifard M. R. (2015) Late Bajocian-Bathonian ammonites from northeast Iran, Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11, 25-41

Galácz A. (2016) Morphoceratid ammonites from the Upper Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Monte Kumeta, western Sicily, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 127, 210-217

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

Type Ammonites, 3, pt. 23, p. 22, pl - 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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