Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Gleviceras ✝

Photos

Photo Gallery

Description

Gleviceras is an ammonite genus (order Ammonitida) that lived during the Early Jurassic Period, found in Canada, Hungary, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleviceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626830	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626830
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14928	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14928

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Oxynoticeratidae : Gleviceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Oxynoticeratidae : Gleviceras

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	Psiloceratoidea
family	Oxynoticeratidae	Hyatt 1875
genus	Gleviceras	Buckman 1918

Scientific Name

Gleviceras Buckman, 1918

Name Published In

Quart. J. Geol. Soc., 73 (1917), 269

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gleviceras	genus	belongs to Oxynoticeratidae	stated with evidence	Smith and Tipper, 1996
Gleviceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Gleviceras	genus	belongs to Oxynoticeratidae	stated with evidence	Howarth, 2013
Gleviceras	genus	belongs to Oxynoticeratidae	stated without evidence	Lukeneder and Lukeneder, 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

199 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

190 - 183 Ma
Early 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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleviceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gleviceras doris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras glevense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras guibalianum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras iridescens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras lotharingius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras palomense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras paniceum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras perfoliatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gleviceras richei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gleviceras rigidum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras subguibalianum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Gleviceras victoris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Oxynoticeras rigidum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Riparioceras richei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Riparioceras Schindewolf, 1962	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Oxynoticeratidae : *Riparioceras*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1918	Gleviceras Buckman
1918	Guibaliceras Buckman
1918	Victoriceras Buckman
1919	Tutchericeras Buckman
1924	Glevumites Buckman
1962	Riparioceras Schindewolf

Year	Name and Author
1996	Gleviceras Smith and Tipper p. 33
1998	Gleviceras Blau p. 223
2000	Gleviceras Blau et al. p. 261
2002	Gleviceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Gleviceras Howarth p. 33
2018	Gleviceras Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 101

References

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

Smith P. L., Tipper H. W. (1996) Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) ammonites of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Bulletins of American Paleontology 108 348, 1-122

Blau J. (1998) Monographie der Ammoniten des Obersinemuriums (Lotharingium, Lias) der Lienzer Dolomiten (Österreich): Biostratigraphie, Systematik und Paläobiogeographie, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 17, 177-285

Blau J., Meister C., et al (2000) Upper Sinemurian and lower Pliensbachian ammonite faunas from Herford-Diebrock area (NW Germany), Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74, 259-280

Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139

Lukeneder P., Lukeneder A. (2018) Sinemurian biostratigraphy of the Tannscharten section near Reichraming (Lower Jurassic, Schneeberg Syncline, Northern Calcareous Alps), Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 111 1, 092-110 doi:10.17738/ajes.2018.0007

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

Quart. J. Geol. Soc., 73 (1917), 269 - 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!

Quick NavTop Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Obsolete Names Synonymy List References

Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 1, 2024 10:00:09

Go to top of page