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Amaltheidae
Amaltheidae is a family of eoderoceratoidean ammonitids from the Lower Jurassic consisting of genera characterised by stigated discoidal oxycones—narrow involute shells with narrowly rounded to angular venters that bear a series of grooves, or ridges, along broad flanks, which according to the Treatise L, 1957, evolved into strongly ribbed planulates (discoidal evolute shells) with quadrate whorls, typically with crenulated keels; involving all together four genera. Donovan in Donovan ''et al.'' (1981) retains the Amaltheidae in the sense of Arkell, ''et al.'' 1957, as shown in the Treatise but synonymizes ''Pseudoamaltheus'' with ''Amaltheus'', (a subgenus in the Treatise), reducing the number of valid genera to three. These are ''Amaltheus'', ''Amauroceras'', and '' Pleuroceras''. ''Amaltheus'' is oxyconic, keeled, strigated, and ribbed on the outer flanks. ''Amauroceras'' is smooth, compressed, without ribs or stigation, and the keel is reduced. '' Pleuroceras'' has a pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoderoceratoidea
Eoderoceratoidea is a superfamily of true ammonites (suborder Ammonitina) from the Lower Jurassic, comprising seven phylogenetically related families, characterized in general by having ribbed evolute shells that commonly bear spines or tubercles. Adult shell size ranges from 2 or 3 cm to giants reaching 50 cm in such genera as '' Apoderoceras'', '' Epideroceras'', and ''Liparoceras''.Donovan,D.T., Callomon and Howarth 1981. Classification of the Jurassic Ammonitina; Systematics Association. Arkell ''et al.'', 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, (Part L); Geological Soc. of America and University of Kansas press The earliest known eodoceroceratoidean is the eoderoceratid genus ''Microderoceras''. Although its origin is uncertain, it is likely that it is derived from the Psiloceratoidea. It has also been proposed, with some imagination, that ''Microderoceas'' has its origin some earlier Jurassic lytoceratid such as ''Analytoceras'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaltheus
''Amaltheus'' is an oxyconic ammonite with a fairly open umbilicus, serrated keel, and slightly sigmoidal ribs from the Lower Jurassic, many of which are strigate. ''Amaltheus'', named by de Montfort, 1808, is indicative of the upper Pliensbachian The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 190.8 ± 1.5 Ma and 182.7 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The ... stage in Europe, north Africa, Caucasus, Siberia, N. Alaska, Canada, Oregon, and possibly Honduras; and is the type for the Amaltheidae and a member of the Eoderoceratoidea. Two subgenera are recognized. One, ''A.(Amaltheus)'' is already described. The other ''A. (Pseudoamaltheus)'', sometimes expressed as genus, is a late derivative of (''Amaltheus'') with an early loss of keel and ribbing and an extreme development of strigation. References ;Notes ;Bibliography * Arkell ''et al.'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amauroceras
''Amauroceras'' is an extinct genus of eoderoceratacean ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...s in the family Amaltheidae. References ;Notes ;Bibliography * Arkell ''et al.'', 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L; Geological Society of America and University Kansas press. Ammonitida genera Eoderoceratoidea Jurassic ammonites of North America Pliensbachian life {{Ammonitina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liparoceratidae
Liparoceratidae is a family of eoderoceratoidean ammonites from the Lower Jurassic that combines genera with a variety of forms including dimorphs that change from one form to another during ontogeny. Three genera and six subgenera are included in the Liparoceridae according to D.T. Donovan in Donovan ''et al.'' 1981; '' Liparoceras'' including ''L''. (''Liparoceras''), ''L''. (''Becheiceras''), and ''L''. (''Vicininodiceras''); '' Aegoceras'' including ''A''. (''Aegoceras''), ''A''. (''Beaniceras''), and ''A''. (''Oistoceras''); and '' Androgynoceras''. Arkell, ''et al.'' (1957) in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L list ''Liparoceras'' with ''Becheiceras'' and ''Vincininodiceras'' along with '' Parinodiceras'' separately as subgenera; ''Beaniceras'', '' Metacymbites'', ''Oistoceras'', and '' Platynoticeras'' but leave out ''Aegoceras''. ''Parinodiceras'' and its equivalent, '' Platynoticeras'' are removed (Donovan 1981) to the Polymorphitidae. ''Metacymbites' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pliensbachian
The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 190.8 ± 1.5 Ma and 182.7 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Pliensbachian is preceded by the Sinemurian and followed by the Toarcian. The Pliensbachian ended with the extinction event called the Toarcian turnover. During the Pliensbachian, the middle part of the Lias was deposited in Europe. The Pliensbachian is roughly coeval with the Charmouthian regional stage of North America. Stratigraphic definitions The Pliensbachian takes its name from the hamlet of Pliensbach in the community of Zell unter Aichelberg in the Swabian Alb, some 30 km east of Stuttgart in Germany. The name was introduced into scientific literature by German palaeontologist Albert Oppel in 1858. The base of the Pliensbachian is at the first appearances of the ammonite species '' Bifericeras donovani'' and gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of . It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and Czechia to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in what is now Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpheus Hyatt
Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American zoologist and palaeontologist. Biography Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph (King) Hyatt. He briefly attended the Maryland Military Academy and Yale University, and after graduating from Harvard University in 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for the Civil War, emerging with the rank of captain. After the war he worked for a time at the Essex Institute (now the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. He and a colleague founded '' American Naturalist'' and Hyatt served as editor from 1867 to 1870. He became a professor of paleontology and zoology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1870, where he taught for eighteen years, and was professor of biology and zoology at Boston University from 1877 until his death in 1902. He also served as curator of the Boston Society of Natural History, where his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleuroceras (ammonite)
''Pleuroceras'' is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian. Species * '' Pleuroceras hawskerense'' (Young & Bird, 1828) * ''Pleuroceras solare'' (Phillips, 1829) * ''Pleuroceras spinatum'' (Bruguière, 1789) * '' Pleuroceras transiens'' Frentzen, 1937 * '' Pleuroceras apyrenum'' Buckman, 1911 Description Pleuroceras has a planulate shell with a quadrate whorl section, bearing strong radial ribs ending in ventro-lateral tubercles. The venter is tabulate with a strong serrated keel. Distribution Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Its fossils have been found in Canada and Europe (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...). Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treatise On Invertebrate Paleontology
The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'' (or ''TIP'') published by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press, is a definitive multi-authored work of some 50 volumes, written by more than 300 paleontologists, and covering every phylum, class, order, family, and genus of fossil and extant (still living) invertebrate animals. The prehistoric invertebrates are described as to their taxonomy, morphology, paleoecology, stratigraphic and paleogeographic range. However, taxa with no fossil record whatsoever have just a very brief listing. Publication of the decades-long ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'' is a work-in-progress; and therefore it is not yet complete: For example, there is no volume yet published regarding the post-Paleozoic era caenogastropods (a molluscan group including the whelk and periwinkle). Furthermore, every so often, previously published volumes of the ''Treatise'' are revised. Evolution of the project Raymond C. Moor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boreal Ecosystem
A boreal ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate located in the Northern Hemisphere, approximately between 50° to 70°N latitude. These ecosystems are commonly known as taiga and are located in parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. The ecosystems that lie immediately to the south of boreal zones are often called hemiboreal. There are a variety of processes and species that occur in these areas as well. The Köppen symbols of boreal ecosystems are Dfc, Dwc, Dfd, and Dwd. Boreal Species The species within boreal ecosystems varies as it consists of both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. The species composition include many generalized and less specialized feeders. From the equator to the poles, species richness decreases, and there is a negative relationship with species richness changes as climate changes. However, despite not being as biodiverse as tropical systems, this area has a variety of species. Boreal ecosystems are filled with a multitude of flora s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
