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Gyroceratites gracilis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8609427https://www.gbif.org/species/8609427
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)323385https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=323385
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimoceratidae : Gyroceratites : Gyroceratites gracilis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Mimoceratidae : Gyroceratites : Gyroceratites gracilis
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
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyMimosphinctaceaeErben 1953
familyMimoceratidaeSteinmann 1890
genusGyroceratitesMeyer 1831
speciesGyroceratites gracilisBronn 1835
Generic NameGyroceratites
Scientific NameGyroceratites gracilis Bronn, 1835
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gyroceratites gracilisspeciesbelongs to Gyroceratitesstated with evidenceBronn, 1835
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance419 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance393 - 388 Ma
Devonian
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Korn and C. Klug. 2002. Ammoneae Devonicae. Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138:1-375

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Ammonites compressus Beyrich, 1837GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimoceratidae : Gyroceratites : Ammonites compressus
Goniatites ambigena Barrande, 1865GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimoceratidae : Gyroceratites : Goniatites ambigena

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1835Gyroceratites gracilis Bronn
1837Ammonites compressus Beyrich
1865Goniatites ambigena Barrande
1969Gyroceratites gracilis Bogoslovsky p. 135 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2
1983Gyroceratites gracilis Chlupac and Turek p. 76 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-11; pl 30, fig 9
2002Gyroceratites gracilis Korn and Klug p. 64

References

Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375
Bogoslovsky B. I. (1969) Devonskie ammonoidei I. Agoniatitidy, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 124, 1-328
Chlupac I., Turek V. (1983) Devonian goniatites from the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia, Rozpravy Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 46, 1-159
D. Korn, C. Klug (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia: 1--375 - 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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