Psiloceratidae

Psiloceratidae is an extinct family of cephalopods belonging to the ammonite subclass.

Psiloceratidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PsiloceratoideaPBDB
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 4.9 million years on record.

The record covers at least 201.4 Mya to 196.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 161.5 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 758 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 5 of 758 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 753 of 758 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 758 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 0 of 758 occurrences239–236 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences236–233 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences233–231 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences231–228 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences228–225 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences225–223 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences223–220 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences220–218 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences218–215 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences215–212 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences212–210 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences210–207 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences207–204 Mya — about 1 occurrence204–202 Mya — about 3 occurrences202–199 Mya — about 652 occurrences199–197 Mya — about 40 occurrences197–194 Mya — about 41 occurrences194–191 Mya — about 18 occurrences191–189 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences189–186 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences186–184 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences184–181 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences181–178 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences178–176 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences176–173 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences173–170 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences170–168 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences168–165 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences165–163 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences163–160 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences201.4 Mya – 196.5 Mya239 Mya160 Mya

758 occurrences of Psiloceratidae on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. 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

758 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

32 formations

Last Creek — 51.09°N, 122.96°WLast Creek — 51.05°N, 122.96°WLast Creek — 51.04°N, 122.95°WSandilands — 53.93°N, 133.15°WSandilands — 53.90°N, 133.15°WSandilands — 52.76°N, 131.56°WSunrise — 38.81°N, 117.60°WSunrise — 38.49°N, 118.08°WFernie — 56.03°N, 123.04°WFernie — 55.78°N, 117.91°WFernie — 56.10°N, 123.04°WChilingote — 6.66°S, 77.80°WBlue Lias — 50.00°N, 2.00°WBlue Lias — 51.00°N, 3.00°WBlue Lias — 51.17°N, 3.27°WBlue Lias — 50.80°N, 3.03°WGraylock — 44.11°N, 119.43°WKamishak — 57.73°N, 155.39°WKendlbach — 47.48°N, 11.53°EAramachay — 6.38°S, 77.90°WAramachay — 9.28°S, 75.99°WTalkeetna — 57.73°N, 155.39°WAntimonio — 30.63°N, 112.57°WGermig — 28.70°N, 86.14°ELos Molles — 32.24°S, 71.51°WKingak — 68.33°N, 137.75°WKingak — 68.30°N, 137.70°WKingak — 68.16°N, 137.97°WZlambach — 47.64°N, 13.66°EKendelbach — 47.50°N, 11.58°EKendelbach — 47.48°N, 11.46°ESierra de Santa Rosa — 30.63°N, 112.57°WGabbs — 38.49°N, 118.08°WSuta — 6.50°S, 77.73°WSchnöll — 47.70°N, 13.17°ECsovar Limestone — 47.82°N, 19.33°EWhite Lias — 51.12°N, 2.73°WWhite Lias — 51.41°N, 3.17°WGijon — 43.43°N, 5.53°WGijon — 43.48°N, 5.27°W

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The named rock units Psiloceratidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 8 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 200 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Psiloceratidae and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Psiloceratidae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

370 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 335 sites for Psiloceratidae, 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

56 references

Each of the 758 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. 44 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 Psiloceratidae

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

No 3D scan of Psiloceratidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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 itPsiloceratoidea through timeFormations of the Early JurassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hyatt 1867