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Desmoceratoidea
Desmoceratoidea, formerly Desmocerataceae, is a superfamily of Cretaceous ammonites, generally with round or oval-whorled shells that are mostly smooth or weakly ribbed and rarely tuberculate, but commonly with constrictions. a Paleobiology database retrieved on July 8, 2012. with and (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4, in ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'', Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 67-111. Regarded as monophyletic, the Desmocerataceae are derived from the |
Desmoceratoidea
Desmoceratoidea, formerly Desmocerataceae, is a superfamily of Cretaceous ammonites, generally with round or oval-whorled shells that are mostly smooth or weakly ribbed and rarely tuberculate, but commonly with constrictions. a Paleobiology database retrieved on July 8, 2012. with and (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4, in ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'', Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 67-111. Regarded as monophyletic, the Desmocerataceae are derived from the |
Silesitidae
Silesitidae is an ammonite family in the superfamily Desmoceratoidea. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age. Genera * '' Neoastieria'' * '' Piatnitzkyceras'' * '' Silesites'' * '' Silesitoidinae'' Distribution Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ... sediments of Antarctica, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain. References Early Cretaceous first appearances Late Cretaceous extinctions Desmoceratoidea Ammonitida families {{Ammonitina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmoceratidae
Desmoceratidae is a family belonging to the ammonite superfamily Desmoceratoidea. with and (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4, in ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'', Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 69-71. a Paleobiology database retrieved on July 8, 2012. They are an extinct group of , shelled [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcodiscidae
Holcodiscidae is an ammonite family placed in the superfamily Desmoceratoidea. Wright, C. W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4 in '''', Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p.48. Description Moderately involute with rounded, rectangular, or depressed whorl section; straight or sinuous, fine ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammonitina
Ammonitina comprises a diverse suborder of ammonite cephalopods that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Mesozoic Era. They are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which they are found to specific geological time periods. The shells of Ammonitina are typically planospiral; coiled in a plane, symmetrical side to side. Shells vary in form, including those that are evolute, such that all whorls are exposed, and those that are strongly involute with only the outer whorl showing. They may be strongly ribbed, some bearing nodes and spines; others are entirely smooth. Some have broad rounded venters (the outer rim); in others the venter is sharp and keel-like. Sutures are generally ammonitic, with intricately patterned saddle and lobes. However, in some derived forms the suture becomes simplified, ceratitic, even goniatitic. The Ammonitina are derived from the Phylloceratina, another ammonitid suborder which has its origin in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscidae is a family of middle and upper Cretaceous ammonites in the superfamily Desmoceratoidea. Morphology Pachydiscidae species are moderate to large in size, evolute to rather involute, and vary in section from inflated and depressed to high-whorled and compressed. They are distinguished from the Desmoceratidae by strong ribbing at some growth stage, that normally crosses the venter uninterrupted, and by the tendency to develop strong tuberculation, at least on the umbilical shoulder. Pachydischidae evolved from Desmoceratidea, during the Lower Cenomanian, about the same time as the Kossmaticeratidae, but lived further into the Maastrichtian, virtually to the end of the Cretaceous. Genera * '' Anapachydiscus'' Yabe and Shimizu, 1926 * '' Baskaniceras'' Wright and Kennedy, 1984 * '' Canadoceras'' Spath, 1922 * '' Eopachydiscus'' Wright, 1955 * ''Eupachydiscus'' Spath, 1922 * '' Lewesiceras'' Spath, 1939 * '' Menuites'' Spath, 1922 * '' Nowakites'' * ''Pachydiscus'' Zi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kossmaticeratidae
Kossmaticeratidae is an extinct ammonoid family belonging to the order Ammonitida. Subfamilies and genera Kossmaticeratidae includes two subfamilies and eight genera: * Kossmaticeratinae Spath, 1922 ** '' Grossouvrites'' Kilian and Reboul, 1909 ** '' Gunnarites'' Kilian and Reboul, 1909 ** '' Kossmaticeras'' de Grossouvre, 1901 ** '' Maorites'' Marshall, 1926 ** '' Pseudokossmaticeras'' Spath, 1922 * Marshallitinae Matsumoto, 1955 ** '' Eomarshallites'' Medina and Rinaldi, 1986 ** '' Marshallites'' Matsumoto, 1955 ** '' Yokoyamaoceras'' Wright and Matsumoto, 1954 Distribution Fossils of members within this family have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, India, Japan, Madagascar, New Zealand, South Africa, United States as well as in the Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phylloceratidae
Phylloceratidae is the predominant family of the Phylloceratina with some 15 or more genera found in rocks ranging from the Lower Jurassic to the Upper Cretaceous. Members of the Phylloceratidae are characterized by smooth, involute shells with very thin walls. Many are covered with fine growth lines but are usually without ribbing. Sutures are complex with the major and minor branches of the saddles with phylloid or spatulate endings.Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Mollusca 4, Ammonoidea, 1957 Evolution and phylogeny The Phylloceratidae are probably derived from the Late Triassic Discophyllitidae by increasing the sutural complexity and evolving involute coiling. The Discophyllitidae in turn have their origin in the Ussuritidae, also known as the Monophyllitidae. The Phylloceratidae gave rise at or near the beginning of the Jurassic to the ancestral Lytoceratina, the early Lower Jurassic Peluroacanthitidae and Ectocentridae. The Phyloceratidae also gave rise at o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living ''Nautilus'' species. The earliest ammonites appeared during the Devonian, with the last species vanishing during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Ammonites are excellent index fossils, and linking the rock layer in which a particular species or genus is found to specific geologic time periods is often possible. Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals, although some helically spiraled and nonspiraled forms (known as heteromorphs) have been found. The name "ammonite", from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled rams' horns. Pliny the Elder ( 79 AD near Pomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammonitida Superfamilies
Ammonitida is an order of ammonoid cephalopods that lived from the Jurassic through Paleocene time periods, commonly with intricate ammonitic sutures. Ammonitida is divided into four suborders, the Phylloceratina, Lytoceratina, Ancyloceratina, and Ammonitina. The Phylloceratina is the ancestral stock, derived from the Ceratitida near the end of the Triassic. The Phylloceratina gave rise to the Lytoceratina near the beginning of the Jurassic which in turn gave rise to the highly specialized Ancyloceratina near the end of the Jurassic. Both the Phylloceratina and Lytoceratina gave rise to various stocks combined in the Ammonitina. These four suborders are further divided into different stocks, comprising various families combined into superfamilies. Some like the Hildoceratoidea and Stephanoceratoidea are restricted to the Jurassic. Others like the Hoplitoidea and Acanthoceratoidea are known only from the Cretaceous. Still others like the Perisphinctoidea are found in both. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valanginian
In the geologic timescale, the Valanginian is an age or stage of the Early or Lower Cretaceous. It spans between 139.8 ± 3.0 Ma and 132.9 ± 2.0 Ma (million years ago). The Valanginian Stage succeeds the Berriasian Stage of the Lower Cretaceous and precedes the Hauterivian Stage of the Lower Cretaceous. Stratigraphic definitions The Valanginian was first described and named by Édouard Desor in 1853. It is named after Valangin Valangin () is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux and Valangin merged into the municipality of Neuchâ ..., a small town north of Neuchâtel in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. The base of the Valanginian is at the first appearance of Calpionellidae, calpionellid species ''Calpionellites darderi'' in the stratigraphic column. A global reference section (a GSSP) had in 2009 not yet been appointed. The top o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin ''creta'', "chalk", which is abundant in the latter half of the period. It is usually abbreviated K, for its German translation ''Kreide''. The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now- extinct marine reptiles, ammonites, and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. The world was ice free, and forests extended to the poles. During this time, new groups of mammals and birds appeared. During the Early Cretaceous, flowering plants appeared and began to rapidly diversify, becoming the dominant group of plants across the Earth b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
