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Aioloceras

Description

Aioloceras is an ammonite, order Ammonitida, from near the end of the Early Cretaceous. The shell is compressed with the outer whorl covering much of the previous. Sides are slightly convex, converge toward a narrowly ached venter. Inner whorls have sharp falcoid ribs, outer are smooth. Umbilical tubercles are lacking. Similar related forms include Neosaynella and Cleoniceras.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627284https://www.gbif.org/species/4627284
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14529https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14529
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Aioloceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Aioloceras
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
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyBeudanticeratinaeBreistroffer 1953
genusAiolocerasWhitehouse 1926
Scientific NameAioloceras Whitehouse, 1926
Name Published InMem. Queensland Mus., 8
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aiolocerasgenusbelongs to Cleoniceratidaestated with evidenceWhitehouse, 1926
Aiolocerassubgenusbelongs to Cleonicerasstated with evidenceCollignon, 1949
Aiolocerasgenusbelongs to Pseudosaynellinaestated with evidenceWright et al., 1996
Aiolocerasgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Aiolocerasgenusbelongs to Beudanticeratinaestated with evidenceKennedy and Klinger, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance112 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. W. Whitehouse. 1926. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(3):195-242
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aioloceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aioloceras besairiei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Aioloceras jonesi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Paracleoniceras (Collignon, 1963)GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Paracleoniceras

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1926Aioloceras Whitehouse p. 206
1949Cleoniceras (Aioloceras) Collignon
1963Cleoniceras (Paracleoniceras) Collignon
1963Paracleoniceras Collignon
1996Aioloceras Wright et al. p. 71
2002Aioloceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2012Aioloceras Kennedy and Klinger p. 58

References

Whitehouse F. W. (1926) The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8 3, 195-242
Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Kennedy W. J., Klinger H. C. (2012) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The desmoceratoid ammonite genera Moretella Collignon, 1963, Beudanticeras Hitzel, 1902, and Aioloceras Whitehouse, 1926, African Natural History 8, 55-75
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
Mem. Queensland Mus., 8 - 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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