Lyelliceratidae

Lyelliceratidae is a family of ammonites belonging to the superfamily Acanthoceratoidea.

Lyelliceratidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AcanthoceratoideaPBDB
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 9.6 million years on record.

The record covers at least 110.1 Mya to 100.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 113.2 Mya to 93.9 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 182 of 342 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 160 of 342 occurrencesLate Cretaceous114–113 Mya — about 2 occurrences113–112 Mya — about 9 occurrences112–112 Mya — about 9 occurrences112–111 Mya — about 9 occurrences111–110 Mya — about 9 occurrences110–110 Mya — about 7 occurrences110–109 Mya — about 7 occurrences109–108 Mya — about 7 occurrences108–108 Mya — about 7 occurrences108–107 Mya — about 7 occurrences107–106 Mya — about 7 occurrences106–106 Mya — about 12 occurrences106–105 Mya — about 12 occurrences105–104 Mya — about 12 occurrences104–104 Mya — about 12 occurrences104–103 Mya — about 12 occurrences103–102 Mya — about 12 occurrences102–102 Mya — about 12 occurrences102–101 Mya — about 12 occurrences101–100 Mya — about 14 occurrences100–99 Mya — about 16 occurrences99–99 Mya — about 16 occurrences99–98 Mya — about 16 occurrences98–97 Mya — about 16 occurrences97–97 Mya — about 16 occurrences97–96 Mya — about 16 occurrences96–95 Mya — about 16 occurrences95–95 Mya — about 16 occurrences95–94 Mya — about 16 occurrences94–93 Mya — about 4 occurrences110.1 Mya100.5 Mya113.7 Mya93.4 Mya

342 occurrences of Lyelliceratidae on record, most of them in the Early 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

342 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

42 formations

Buda Limestone — 29.56°N, 103.54°WBuda Limestone — 29.92°N, 103.11°WBuda Limestone — 29.58°N, 103.08°WBuda Limestone — 29.57°N, 102.94°WBuda Limestone — 29.88°N, 102.32°WBuda Limestone — 29.97°N, 100.30°WBuda Limestone — 30.22°N, 100.00°WBuda Limestone — 30.05°N, 100.10°WBuda Limestone — 30.05°N, 98.03°WBuda Limestone — 30.70°N, 104.08°WBuda Limestone — 30.70°N, 104.84°WBuda Limestone — 30.57°N, 100.64°WBuda Limestone — 30.04°N, 102.11°WBuda Limestone — 30.13°N, 97.82°WBuda Limestone — 30.19°N, 97.72°WBuda Limestone — 30.26°N, 97.75°WBuda Limestone — 29.37°N, 99.77°WBuda Limestone — 29.79°N, 100.99°WBuda Limestone — 30.52°N, 97.67°WGrès verts helvétiques — 45.99°N, 6.71°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.91°N, 6.49°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.04°N, 6.62°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.01°N, 6.35°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.13°N, 6.78°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.00°N, 6.77°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.05°N, 6.52°EHilo — 3.67°N, 74.89°WGrayson Marl — 33.00°N, 97.19°WGrayson Marl — 32.54°N, 97.31°WGrayson Marl — 33.13°N, 97.18°WGrayson Marl — 33.77°N, 96.67°WGrayson Marl — 31.60°N, 97.21°WMzinene — 27.97°S, 32.31°EMzinene — 27.87°S, 32.32°EMzinene — 26.94°S, 32.21°EMzinene — 27.59°S, 32.23°EMzinene — 26.93°S, 32.30°ECalcaires de Fiz — 45.96°N, 6.69°ECalcaires de Fiz — 45.98°N, 6.79°ECalcaires de Fiz — 46.10°N, 6.78°EBuda Limestone — 29.30°N, 100.92°WBuda Limestone — 28.90°N, 100.62°WBuda Limestone — 30.70°N, 105.60°WBuda Limestone — 28.50°N, 106.00°WBuda Limestone — 27.33°N, 102.00°WFolkestone — 51.08°N, 1.18°EFolkestone — 51.27°N, 0.08°EFolkestone — 51.32°N, 0.32°EChimana — 10.30°N, 64.73°WChimana — 10.28°N, 64.63°WDel Rio — 30.35°N, 104.93°WDel Rio — 29.00°N, 102.47°WDel Rio — 26.75°N, 101.17°WDel Rio — 28.33°N, 102.50°WConglomérats de Bargy — 45.86°N, 6.43°EConglomérats de Bargy — 45.97°N, 6.44°EConglomérats de Bargy — 46.02°N, 6.46°EWeno — 32.35°N, 97.39°WWeno — 32.46°N, 97.39°WWeno — 32.70°N, 97.27°WWeno — 32.60°N, 97.46°WMain Street Limestone — 30.95°N, 97.54°WMain Street Limestone — 32.70°N, 97.25°WPerte-du-Rhone — 45.15°N, 5.48°EMarnes bleues — 44.33°N, 5.17°EUpper Greensand — 50.75°N, 2.33°WPariatambo — 9.37°S, 77.58°WPariatambo — 9.87°S, 76.99°WIndidura — 26.42°N, 103.25°WIndidura — 29.35°N, 101.05°WPerte du Rhône — 46.83°N, 6.52°ELa Puya — 10.24°N, 69.70°WGault — 50.89°N, 1.67°EGault — 46.10°N, 5.84°EBracquegnies — 50.48°N, 4.11°EKingongo Marls — 10.02°S, 39.65°EPaw Paw — 32.73°N, 97.32°W

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The named rock units Lyelliceratidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 18 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 63 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lyelliceratidae and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Lyelliceratidae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

803 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 209 sites for Lyelliceratidae, 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

47 references

Each of the 342 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. 35 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 Lyelliceratidae

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Hectonichus
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No 3D scan of Lyelliceratidae 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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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. Spath 1921