Diplomoceratidae

Diplomoceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the order Ammonitida. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments. Studies of Diplomoceras suggest that members of this family could reach lifespans of over 200 years.

Diplomoceratidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TurrilitoideaPBDB
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 28 million years on record.

The record covers at least 100.5 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 106.3 Mya to 66 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 1 of 582 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 581 of 582 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 582 occurrences107–106 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences106–104 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences104–103 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences103–102 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences102–100 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences100–99 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences99–97 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences97–96 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences96–95 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences95–93 Mya — about 10 occurrences93–92 Mya — about 17 occurrences92–90 Mya — about 17 occurrences90–89 Mya — about 10 occurrences89–88 Mya — about 6 occurrences88–86 Mya — about 6 occurrences86–85 Mya — about 42 occurrences85–83 Mya — about 53 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 28 occurrences82–81 Mya — about 28 occurrences81–79 Mya — about 28 occurrences79–78 Mya — about 28 occurrences78–76 Mya — about 28 occurrences76–75 Mya — about 28 occurrences75–74 Mya — about 28 occurrences74–72 Mya — about 29 occurrences72–71 Mya — about 43 occurrences71–69 Mya — about 43 occurrences69–68 Mya — about 43 occurrences68–67 Mya — about 43 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 18 occurrences100.5 Mya72.2 Mya107.1 Mya65.2 Mya

582 occurrences of Diplomoceratidae 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

582 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

117 formations

Pierre Shale — 43.27°N, 104.27°WPierre Shale — 44.80°N, 105.05°WPierre Shale — 40.08°N, 105.35°WPierre Shale — 38.18°N, 104.48°WPierre Shale — 40.67°N, 105.47°WPierre Shale — 39.41°N, 104.88°WPierre Shale — 40.76°N, 105.05°WPierre Shale — 40.90°N, 105.06°WPierre Shale — 40.51°N, 105.07°WPierre Shale — 40.22°N, 106.38°WPierre Shale — 40.65°N, 105.07°WLopez de Bertodano — 64.25°S, 56.75°WLopez de Bertodano — 64.17°S, 57.75°WMiria — 22.70°S, 114.24°EMiria — 22.80°S, 114.17°EMiria — 22.89°S, 114.12°EMiria — 22.68°S, 114.26°EMiria — 22.80°S, 114.14°EMatanuska — 62.08°N, 147.83°WMatanuska — 62.03°N, 147.58°WMatanuska — 61.84°N, 148.06°WMatanuska — 61.74°N, 148.71°WMatanuska — 61.74°N, 148.84°WMatanuska — 62.03°N, 147.70°WMatanuska — 61.79°N, 148.18°WMatanuska — 61.85°N, 147.82°WMatanuska — 62.01°N, 146.80°WMatanuska — 61.90°N, 147.46°WMatanuska — 61.96°N, 148.00°WMatanuska — 61.69°N, 148.96°WMatanuska — 61.75°N, 148.63°WMatanuska — 61.76°N, 148.84°WHinoshima — 32.47°N, 130.47°EHinoshima — 32.39°N, 130.40°ESanta Marta — 63.75°S, 58.00°WSanta Marta — 64.17°S, 57.75°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.46°N, 88.79°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WUpper Haborogawa — 44.40°N, 141.83°EUpper Haborogawa — 44.27°N, 141.75°EUpper Haborogawa — 44.13°N, 141.75°ESaku — 44.74°N, 142.01°ESaku — 44.11°N, 142.00°ESaku — 44.02°N, 141.91°ESaku — 44.07°N, 141.92°ESaku — 44.03°N, 141.95°ESaku — 43.05°N, 142.12°ESaku — 43.08°N, 142.00°ESaku — 43.05°N, 142.16°EAbderaz — 37.53°N, 57.72°EDanish White Chalk — 57.02°N, 8.75°EDanish White Chalk — 54.97°N, 12.55°EDanish White Chalk — 57.03°N, 9.93°EDanish White Chalk — 57.07°N, 9.98°EDanish White Chalk — 57.07°N, 9.95°EDanish White Chalk — 56.97°N, 10.10°EDanish White Chalk — 56.95°N, 9.85°EDanish White Chalk — 57.05°N, 8.70°EDanish White Chalk — 55.30°N, 12.45°EMoreno — 36.96°N, 120.88°WMoreno — 36.90°N, 120.80°WMoreno — 37.76°N, 121.40°WMoreno — 37.56°N, 121.37°WMoreno — 36.03°N, 120.14°WMoreno — 37.26°N, 121.17°WMoreno — 37.19°N, 121.09°WMoreno — 36.65°N, 120.70°WMoreno — 36.93°N, 120.88°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WChico — 39.83°N, 121.71°WChico — 39.87°N, 121.71°WChico — 39.71°N, 121.94°WUpper Lopez de Bertodano — 64.27°S, 56.73°WValudavur — 12.03°N, 79.75°EMerchantville — 40.11°N, 74.74°WMerchantville — 39.95°N, 74.99°WMerchantville — 39.55°N, 75.71°WMerchantville — 40.44°N, 74.24°WParras — 26.75°N, 103.17°WParras — 25.73°N, 101.31°WMiddle Haborogawa — 44.13°N, 141.75°ENiobrara — 36.35°N, 104.79°WNiobrara — 36.28°N, 104.72°WNiobrara — 36.35°N, 104.60°WNiobrara — 38.27°N, 104.61°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.77°N, 93.68°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.72°N, 93.67°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.87°N, 93.58°WCraie de Valognes — 49.42°N, 1.45°WCraie de Valognes — 49.43°N, 1.52°WCraie de Valognes — 49.52°N, 1.47°WPanoche — 37.23°N, 121.24°WPanoche — 37.17°N, 121.15°WPanoche — 36.95°N, 120.89°WPanoche — 36.72°N, 120.78°WHaslam — 49.59°N, 124.99°WHaslam — 49.52°N, 124.88°WHaslam — 49.19°N, 124.15°WHaslam — 49.08°N, 124.01°W

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The named rock units Diplomoceratidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 93 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 129 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diplomoceratidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

1,234 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 461 sites for Diplomoceratidae, 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

131 references

Each of the 582 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. 119 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 Diplomoceratidae

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Diplomoceratidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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What may have been alongside itTurrilitoidea through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Spath 1926