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Sublunuloceras discoides

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8585751https://www.gbif.org/species/8585751
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)324536https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=324536
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Sublunuloceras : Sublunuloceras discoides
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Oppeliidae : Hecticoceras : Sublunuloceras discoides
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
superfamilyHaploceratoidea
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyHecticoceratinaeSpath 1925
genusHecticocerasBonarelli 1893
subgenusHecticoceras (Sublunuloceras)
speciesSublunuloceras discoidesSpath 1928
Generic NameSublunuloceras
Scientific NameSublunuloceras discoides Spath, 1928
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sublunuloceras discoidesspeciesbelongs to Sublunulocerasstated with evidenceSpath, 1928
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance166 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance165 - 161 Ma
Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Jeannet. 1951. Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung. Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13(5):1-240

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Sublunuloceras discoides Spath
1951Sublunuloceras discoides Jeannet p. 66 figs. Pl 15, fig 4; text-fig 152

References

Jeannet A. (1951) Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung, Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13 5, 1-240
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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