Vascoceratidae

Vascoceratidae is a family of Upper Cretaceous ammonites in the superfamily Acanthoceratoidea characterized by shells that are either smooth or bluntly tuberculate, or have sparse, coarse ribs. Sutural elements are shallow, irregular, and slightly indented, or deep and very indented. Whorl section and degree of involution vary, even within species.

Vascoceratidae

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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 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 93.9 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 100.5 Mya to 72.2 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 0 of 465 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 465 of 465 occurrencesLate Cretaceous101–100 Mya — about 7 occurrences100–99 Mya — about 16 occurrences99–98 Mya — about 16 occurrences98–97 Mya — about 16 occurrences97–96 Mya — about 16 occurrences96–95 Mya — about 16 occurrences95–94 Mya — about 16 occurrences94–93 Mya — about 59 occurrences93–92 Mya — about 78 occurrences92–91 Mya — about 78 occurrences91–90 Mya — about 78 occurrences90–89 Mya — about 41 occurrences89–88 Mya — about 6 occurrences88–87 Mya — about 6 occurrences87–86 Mya — about 6 occurrences86–85 Mya — about 4 occurrences85–84 Mya — about 2 occurrences84–83 Mya — about 2 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences82–81 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences81–80 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences80–79 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences79–79 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences79–78 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences78–77 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences77–76 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences76–75 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences75–74 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences74–73 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences73–72 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences93.9 Mya83.6 Mya101.1 Mya71.6 Mya

465 occurrences of Vascoceratidae 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

465 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

48 formations

Rhoundjaïa — 33.34°N, 0.83°ERhoundjaïa — 33.38°N, 0.71°ERhoundjaïa — 33.23°N, 1.16°EAbu Qada — 29.13°N, 33.28°EAbu Qada — 28.65°N, 33.24°EAbu Qada — 29.67°N, 34.50°EAbu Qada — 28.81°N, 33.50°EAbu Qada — 29.28°N, 34.72°EAbu Qada — 30.37°N, 34.45°EAbu Qada — 29.63°N, 34.40°EAbu Qada — 28.80°N, 34.48°EAbu Qada — 28.68°N, 32.42°EGongila — 11.03°N, 11.35°EGongila — 10.94°N, 11.45°EPindiga — 9.97°N, 10.92°EPindiga — 11.07°N, 11.80°EPindiga — 10.73°N, 11.68°EPindiga — 10.45°N, 11.70°EPindiga — 10.28°N, 11.32°ECotinguiba — 10.76°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 10.85°S, 37.17°WCotinguiba — 10.61°S, 36.95°WLa Luna — 9.62°N, 70.35°WLa Luna — 9.62°N, 70.35°WLa Luna — 8.55°N, 71.24°WLa Luna — 9.27°N, 68.77°WColorado — 32.53°N, 107.70°WColorado — 32.70°N, 108.37°WColorado — 32.87°N, 108.60°WColorado — 32.70°N, 108.60°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.16°N, 109.84°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 36.53°N, 110.09°WMancos Shale — 36.08°N, 111.07°WMancos Shale — 34.74°N, 108.84°WMancos Shale — 34.77°N, 108.78°WMungo River — 4.53°N, 9.51°EMungo River — 4.55°N, 9.53°EMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 40.35°N, 8.75°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 42.63°N, 3.77°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 42.02°N, 3.40°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 41.92°N, 3.45°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 41.40°N, 3.32°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 41.77°N, 4.40°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 41.38°N, 3.83°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 42.83°N, 3.75°WMargas y Calizas Margosas de Nidaguila — 42.12°N, 3.57°WBahloul — 35.37°N, 9.20°EBahloul — 35.50°N, 8.88°EBahloul — 34.13°N, 9.17°EBahloul — 34.13°N, 9.08°EBahloul — 34.15°N, 9.08°EDukul — 9.73°N, 11.82°EDukul — 9.40°N, 11.95°EDukul — 9.91°N, 11.85°EDukul — 7.33°N, 8.75°EHummar — 30.95°N, 35.78°EHummar — 31.25°N, 35.72°EHummar — 31.45°N, 35.75°EGreenhorn Limestone — 38.28°N, 104.72°WLa Frontera — 2.89°N, 75.68°WLa Frontera — 4.54°N, 74.45°WLa Frontera — 5.30°N, 73.82°WGreenhorn — 40.22°N, 105.27°WGreenhorn — 32.54°N, 107.71°WRaha — 28.65°N, 33.24°ERaha — 28.81°N, 33.50°ERaha — 28.80°N, 34.48°EChoffaticeras Marlstones — 28.33°N, 6.70°EChoffaticeras Marlstones — 28.80°N, 9.07°EChispa Summit — 31.06°N, 105.25°WChispa Summit — 30.71°N, 104.78°WEze-Aku — 6.00°N, 7.47°EEze-Aku Shales — 6.43°N, 7.82°EAgua Nueva — 26.66°N, 100.02°WKef — 35.37°N, 9.20°EKef — 35.50°N, 8.88°EAkrabou — 31.92°N, 4.88°W

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The named rock units Vascoceratidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 24 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 109 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Vascoceratidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

613 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 247 sites for Vascoceratidae, 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

81 references

Each of the 465 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. 69 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.

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Picture of Vascoceratidae

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nobody named on the record
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No 3D scan of Vascoceratidae 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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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. Douvillé 1912