Agathiceras

Agathiceras

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 42 million years on record.

The record covers at least 307 Mya to 264.28 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 315.2 Mya to 259.857 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 35 of 247 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 212 of 247 occurrencesPermian316–314 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences314–312 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences312–311 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences311–309 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences309–307 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences305–303 Mya — about 6 occurrences303–301 Mya — about 14 occurrences301–299 Mya — about 14 occurrences299–297 Mya — about 10 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 10 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 9 occurrences293–291 Mya — about 7 occurrences291–289 Mya — about 8 occurrences289–288 Mya — about 10 occurrences288–286 Mya — about 10 occurrences286–284 Mya — about 10 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 14 occurrences282–280 Mya — about 16 occurrences280–278 Mya — about 16 occurrences278–276 Mya — about 16 occurrences276–274 Mya — about 15 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 9 occurrences272–270 Mya — about 9 occurrences270–268 Mya — about 9 occurrences268–266 Mya — about 11 occurrences266–265 Mya — about 19 occurrences265–263 Mya — about 4 occurrences263–261 Mya — about 2 occurrences261–259 Mya — about 1 occurrence307 Mya264.28 Mya316 Mya259 Mya

247 occurrences of Agathiceras on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

247 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

63 formations

Kochusu — 37.81°N, 74.40°EKochusu — 37.72°N, 74.54°EKochusu — 37.62°N, 74.86°EKochusu — 37.81°N, 74.53°EKochusu — 37.94°N, 74.33°EKochusu — 38.06°N, 74.06°EKochusu — 37.95°N, 73.67°EKochusu — 38.06°N, 73.67°EKochusu — 37.80°N, 74.00°EKochusu — 37.80°N, 74.64°EKochusu — 38.05°N, 73.76°EKochusu — 37.70°N, 74.80°EKochusu — 37.63°N, 74.58°EKochusu — 37.89°N, 74.03°EKochusu — 37.92°N, 73.88°EKochusu — 37.74°N, 74.18°ERoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.27°WRoad Canyon — 30.36°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.44°WRoad Canyon — 30.23°N, 103.46°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.37°WKyzyldzhilga — 37.72°N, 74.54°EKyzyldzhilga — 37.70°N, 74.80°EKyzyldzhilga — 37.62°N, 74.86°EWord — 30.40°N, 103.17°WWord — 30.20°N, 103.45°WWord — 30.37°N, 103.27°WNeal Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.13°WNeal Ranch — 30.35°N, 103.14°WLenox Hills — 30.26°N, 103.34°WLenox Hills — 30.25°N, 103.35°WLenox Hills — 30.21°N, 103.40°WBazardarian — 38.02°N, 74.21°EAktasty — 50.20°N, 60.00°EAktasty — 50.37°N, 57.59°EAktasty — 50.30°N, 57.50°EGraham — 33.18°N, 98.11°WGraham — 32.72°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.60°WHoso-o — 38.99°N, 141.53°EChelamchin — 38.53°N, 70.61°EChelamchin — 38.69°N, 70.89°EChelamchin — 39.22°N, 72.31°ESidazhai — 25.61°N, 106.15°ESidazhai — 25.36°N, 107.30°EKaeng Krachan — 7.20°N, 100.26°EAdmiral — 31.76°N, 99.47°WAdmiral — 31.77°N, 99.42°WGaptank — 30.36°N, 103.13°WGaptank — 30.35°N, 103.13°WSkinner Ranch — 30.26°N, 103.35°WSkinner Ranch — 30.34°N, 103.22°WSkinner Ranch — 30.38°N, 103.20°WBera — 3.37°N, 102.66°EBera — 3.07°N, 102.69°ETae Wei — 9.77°S, 124.55°EE-Lert — 17.50°N, 101.71°EE-Lert — 17.41°N, 101.70°ETakakurayama — 37.14°N, 140.92°EHamrat Duru — 23.41°N, 57.40°ECathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.11°WCathedral Mountain — 30.28°N, 103.33°WNakadaira — 39.03°N, 141.51°ENakadaira — 39.05°N, 141.52°EHare Fiord — 81.12°N, 85.02°WHare Fiord — 81.10°N, 85.12°W

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The named rock units Agathiceras has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 39 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 55 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Agathiceras and its relatives

Permian

Where Agathiceras and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,622 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 235 sites for Agathiceras, and this reads all 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

64 references

Each of the 247 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. 52 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 content2

Picture of Agathiceras

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gemmellaro 1887