Acanthoceratinae

The Acanthoceratinae comprise a subfamily of ammonoid cephalopods that lived during the Late Cretaceous from the latter early Cenomanian to the late Turonian

Acanthoceratinae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AcanthoceratidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ammonoidea
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 16 million years on record.

The record covers at least 110.1 Mya to 93.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 113.2 Mya to 89.8 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 8 of 854 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 846 of 854 occurrencesLate Cretaceous114–113 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences113–112 Mya — about 1 occurrence112–111 Mya — about 1 occurrence111–110 Mya — about 1 occurrence110–110 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences110–109 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences109–108 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences108–107 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences107–106 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences106–106 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences106–105 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences105–104 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences104–103 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences103–102 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences102–102 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences102–101 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences101–100 Mya — about 69 occurrences100–99 Mya — about 89 occurrences99–98 Mya — about 89 occurrences98–97 Mya — about 89 occurrences97–97 Mya — about 89 occurrences97–96 Mya — about 89 occurrences96–95 Mya — about 89 occurrences95–94 Mya — about 89 occurrences94–93 Mya — about 47 occurrences93–93 Mya — about 25 occurrences93–92 Mya — about 25 occurrences92–91 Mya — about 25 occurrences91–90 Mya — about 25 occurrences90–89 Mya — about 9 occurrences110.1 Mya93.9 Mya113.7 Mya89.3 Mya

854 occurrences of Acanthoceratinae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

854 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

107 formations

Mancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.14°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.12°N, 109.91°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.16°N, 109.84°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 35.96°N, 110.89°WMancos Shale — 36.53°N, 110.09°WMancos Shale — 36.08°N, 111.07°WMancos Shale — 34.83°N, 108.97°WMancos Shale — 33.89°N, 106.75°WMancos Shale — 35.08°N, 107.38°WMancos Shale — 34.44°N, 107.36°WMancos Shale — 34.39°N, 107.27°WMancos Shale — 35.67°N, 106.96°WMancos Shale — 34.26°N, 110.14°WMancos Shale — 32.76°N, 108.57°WMancos Shale — 32.50°N, 107.70°WMancos Shale — 35.33°N, 105.90°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.28°N, 104.72°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.22°N, 103.60°WGreenhorn Limestone — 43.27°N, 103.22°WGreenhorn Limestone — 44.73°N, 103.73°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.58°N, 98.45°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.55°N, 104.07°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.55°N, 104.06°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.43°N, 104.11°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.33°N, 104.10°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.04°N, 101.91°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.51°N, 102.88°WGreenhorn Limestone — 36.31°N, 104.49°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.99°N, 103.49°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.93°N, 105.28°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.20°N, 104.70°WGreenhorn Limestone — 34.99°N, 103.40°WCotinguiba — 10.76°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 10.85°S, 37.17°WCotinguiba — 10.61°S, 36.95°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.74°N, 97.11°WWoodbine — 32.70°N, 97.45°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.68°N, 96.85°WCraie de Rouen — 48.60°N, 0.63°ECraie de Rouen — 49.60°N, 0.12°ECraie de Rouen — 48.80°N, 0.00°ECraie de Rouen — 49.08°N, 0.50°ECraie de Rouen — 47.76°N, 0.28°ECraie de Rouen — 49.44°N, 1.09°ECraie de Rouen — 43.80°N, 7.38°ECraie de Rouen — 43.82°N, 6.68°EGreenhorn — 43.27°N, 103.22°WGreenhorn — 40.22°N, 105.27°WGreenhorn — 45.77°N, 96.64°WGreenhorn — 45.02°N, 104.30°WGreenhorn — 37.47°N, 104.11°WGreenhorn — 44.70°N, 103.68°WGreenhorn — 44.74°N, 103.83°WGreenhorn — 32.54°N, 107.71°WGreenhorn — 32.76°N, 108.67°WGreenhorn — 38.26°N, 104.73°WGreenhorn — 37.19°N, 104.15°WGreenhorn — 44.05°N, 104.60°WGreenhorn — 44.15°N, 104.73°WGreenhorn — 32.48°N, 102.72°WKarai — 11.13°N, 79.00°EKarai — 11.20°N, 79.09°EFrontier — 42.90°N, 107.44°WFrontier — 41.96°N, 107.31°WFrontier — 43.64°N, 106.65°WFrontier — 42.87°N, 106.59°WFrontier — 43.00°N, 106.86°WFrontier — 43.49°N, 106.51°WFrontier — 43.58°N, 107.96°WFrontier — 43.67°N, 106.63°WFrontier — 45.00°N, 107.53°WFrontier — 44.16°N, 106.78°WFrontier — 43.43°N, 103.55°WFrontier — 45.17°N, 107.72°WFrontier — 45.45°N, 107.62°WColorado — 32.76°N, 108.67°WColorado — 32.48°N, 107.72°WColorado — 32.76°N, 108.57°WColorado — 32.72°N, 108.39°WColorado — 32.75°N, 108.46°WColorado — 32.80°N, 108.40°WColorado — 32.70°N, 108.60°WEagle Ford — 32.70°N, 97.45°WEagle Ford — 32.41°N, 97.21°WEagle Ford — 32.59°N, 97.08°WEagle Ford — 32.51°N, 97.18°WEagle Ford — 31.05°N, 97.47°WLower Chalk — 50.92°N, 2.23°WLower Chalk — 50.83°N, 2.55°WLower Chalk — 50.83°N, 2.60°WLower Chalk — 50.80°N, 2.67°WBeer Head Limestone — 51.08°N, 1.18°EBeer Head Limestone — 50.75°N, 2.33°WBeer Head Limestone — 50.83°N, 2.45°WBeer Head Limestone — 50.77°N, 2.57°WBeer Head Limestone — 50.91°N, 0.02°WBeer Head Limestone — 50.83°N, 2.97°WTropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WTropic Shale — 37.21°N, 111.17°WTropic Shale — 37.58°N, 111.97°WTropic Shale — 37.08°N, 111.65°WDakota Sandstone — 35.08°N, 106.65°WDakota Sandstone — 34.26°N, 106.68°WDakota Sandstone — 35.48°N, 105.88°WDakota Sandstone — 33.83°N, 109.25°WDakota Sandstone — 34.44°N, 109.80°WDakota Sandstone — 34.95°N, 107.83°WSanandinovo — 43.56°N, 24.98°EBelle Fourche — 44.15°N, 104.71°WBelle Fourche — 45.08°N, 104.53°WBelle Fourche — 44.06°N, 104.63°WBelle Fourche — 44.10°N, 104.67°WBelle Fourche — 44.08°N, 106.75°WOdukpani — 4.57°N, 6.98°EOdukpani — 5.20°N, 8.25°EOdukpani — 5.22°N, 8.24°EOdukpani — 5.13°N, 8.34°EGongila — 10.94°N, 11.45°EChispa Summit — 31.06°N, 105.25°WChispa Summit — 30.80°N, 105.20°WChispa Summit — 30.71°N, 104.77°WUnnamed Vocontian — 43.22°N, 5.53°EUnnamed Vocontian — 43.73°N, 6.90°EUnnamed Vocontian — 43.72°N, 7.20°EFahdène — 35.35°N, 9.23°EMoonkinu — 11.80°S, 130.40°ELa Luna — 9.83°N, 70.05°WLa Luna — 9.36°N, 71.05°WLa Luna — 9.62°N, 70.35°WLa Luna — 9.68°N, 69.97°WShuayb — 32.15°N, 36.11°EShuayb — 32.32°N, 35.67°E

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The named rock units Acanthoceratinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 83 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 117 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Acanthoceratinae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Acanthoceratinae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

859 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 534 sites for Acanthoceratinae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

144 references

Each of the 854 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 132 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Acanthoceratinae

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Hectonichus
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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. de Groussouvre 1894