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Forbesiceras โœ

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Description

Forbesiceras is an ammonite that lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Shells are moderately large, reaching diameters of 33 cm (13 in)or so, forming smooth, involute oxycones with narrow or sharp rims and closed umbilici.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4621752https://www.gbif.org/species/4621752
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)95379https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=95379
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Forbesiceratidae : Forbesiceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Forbesiceratidae : Forbesiceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea
familyForbesiceratidaeWright 1952
genusForbesicerasKossmat 1897
Scientific NameForbesiceras Kossmat, 1897
Name Published InBeitr. Pal. ร–sterr.-Ung., 11 (3)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Forbesicerasgenusbelongs to Schloenbachiidaestated with evidenceBenavides-Caceres, 1956
Forbesicerasgenusbelongs to Forbesiceridaestated with evidenceYoung, 1979
Forbesicerasgenusbelongs to Forbesiceratidaestated without evidenceZaborski, 1985
Forbesicerasgenusbelongs to Forbesiceratidaestated with evidenceKennedy and Cobban, 1993
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)10
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. M. P. Zaborski. 1985. Upper Cretaceous ammonites from the Calabar region, south-east Nigeria. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.) 39(1):1-72
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbesiceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Forbesiceras baylissi โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
499.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Forbesiceras beaumontianum โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Forbesiceras brundrettei โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
699.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Forbesiceras chevillei โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Forbesiceras conlini โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Forbesiceras farcimen
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Forbesiceras largilliertianum โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
9101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Forbesiceras obtectum โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Forbesiceras subobtectum โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
299.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Forbesiceras varicostatum โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Discoceras Kossmat
1897Forbesiceras Kossmat
1898Cenomanites Haug
1956Forbesiceras Benavides-Caceres p. 443
1979Forbesiceras Young p. 38
1985Forbesiceras Zaborski p. 22
1993Forbesiceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 331
1994Forbesiceras Kennedy p. 221
YearName and Author
2002Neopulchellia Sepkoski, Jr.
2005Forbesiceras Kennedy p. 385
2008Forbesiceras Kennedy and Klinger p. 118
2011Forbesiceras Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 178
2013Forbesiceras Kennedy p. 632
2018Forbesiceras El Qot p. 162
2018Forbesiceras Kennedy and Morris p. 93

References

Zaborski P. M. P. (1985) Upper Cretaceous ammonites from the Calabar region, south-east Nigeria, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.) 39 1, 1-72
Benavides-Caceres V.E. (1956) Cretaceous system in northern Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108 4, 1-493
Young K. (1979) Lower Cenomanian and Late Albian (Cretaceous) ammonites, especially Lyelliceridae, or Texas and Mexico, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 26, 1-99
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1993) Lower Cenomanian Forbesiceras brundrettei zone ammonite fauna in Texas, USA, N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh 188 3, 327-344
Kennedy W. J. (1994) Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1, 209-254
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Kennedy W. J. (2005) Systematic palaeontology, in Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Main Street Limestone, Grayson Marl and Del Rio Clay in northeast Texas, Cretaceous Research 26, 349-428
Kennedy W. J., Klinger H. C. (2008) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Forbesiceratidae Wright, 1952, African Natural History 4, 117-130
Mosavinia A., Wilmsen M. (2011) Cenomanian Acanthoceratoidea (Cretaceous Ammonoidea) from the Koppeh Dagh, NE Iran: taxonomy and stratigraphic implications, Acta Geologica Polonica 61, 175-192
Kennedy W. J. (2013) Systematic palaeontology, in Lower and Middle Cenomanian ammonites from the Morondava Basin, Madagascar, Acta Geologica Polonica 63, 625-655
El Qot G. M. (2018) Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy, Cretaceous Research 85, 142-171
Kennedy W. J., Morris N. J. (2018) An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania, Cretaceous Research 87, 84-101
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Beitr. Pal. ร–sterr.-Ung., 11 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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