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Coilopoceras inflatum

Description

Coilopoceras is a compressed, involute, lenticular ammonitid from the Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian), with a narrow venter and raggedy ammonitic suture; type of the Coilopoceratidae, a family in the Acanthoceratoidea of the suborder Ammonitina.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8506142https://www.gbif.org/species/8506142
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)325056https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=325056
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coilopoceratidae : Coilopoceras : Coilopoceras inflatum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Coilopoceratidae : Coilopoceras : Coilopoceras inflatum
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
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea
familyCoilopoceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusCoilopocerasHyatt 1903
speciesCoilopoceras inflatumCobban & Hook 1980
Generic NameCoilopoceras
Scientific NameCoilopoceras inflatum Cobban & Hook, 1980
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Coilopoceras inflatumspeciesbelongs to Coilopocerasstated with evidenceCobban and Hook, 1980
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. A. Cobban and S. C. Hook. 1980. The Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite family Coilopoceratidae Hyatt in the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1192:1-28
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coilopoceras_inflatum

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1980Coilopoceras inflatum Cobban and Hook p. 19 figs. Pl 1, figs 9-11; pl 11, fig 2; pls 12-17; pl 18, figs 1-3,11-13; pls 20, 21; text-figs 14,15
1992Coilopoceras inflatum Meister et al. p. 86 figs. Pl 10, fig 3; pl 11, figs 1,2; text-fig 21

References

Cobban W. A., Hook S. C. (1980) The Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite family Coilopoceratidae Hyatt in the Western Interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1192, 1-28
Meister C., Alzouma K., et al (1992) Les ammonites du Niger (Afrique occidentale) et la transgression Transsaharienne au cours du Cénomanien-Turonien, Geobios 25, 55-100
C. Meister, K. Alzouma, J. Lang, B. Mathey (1992) Les ammonites du Niger (Afrique occidentale) et la transgression Transsaharienne au cours du Cénomanien-Turonien: Geobios: 55--100 - via Catalogue of Life
W. A. Cobban, S. C. Hook (1980) The Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite family Coilopoceratidae Hyatt in the Western Interior of the United States: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper: 1--28 - via Catalogue of Life
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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