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Amoeboceras ✝
| Description | Amoeboceras is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod closely related to the genus Cardioceras. Fossils are found in Late Jurassic-aged marine strata of Europe and Russia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeboceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Cardioceratidae : Amoeboceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Cardioceratidae : Amoeboceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Amoeboceras Hyatt, 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in Eastman-Zittel, Text-Book Palaeont., 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late 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/Amoeboceras |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Amoeboceras (Amoebites) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 43 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Amoeboceras (Euprionoceras) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Amoeboceras alternans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Amoeboceras alticarinatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras kitchini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras mesezhnikovi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras pinguiforme species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras postacanthophorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras praebauhini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras pulchrum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras reichenbachense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras salfeldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras sokolovi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras spathi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amoeboceras subkitchini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Amoeloceras Cossmann, 1900 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Cardioceratidae : Amoeloceras |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1957 | Amoeboceras Arkell et al. p. 306 |
| 1984 | Amoeboceras Mesezhnikov p. 84 |
| 2002 | Amoeboceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Amoeboceras Schairer and Schlampp p. 18 |
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!
