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⇱ Binneyitidae


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Binneyitidae ✝

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Description

Binneyitidae is a family of Upper Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopods characterized by rather small, compressed, flat sided shells and sutures that tend to have deep, narrow, simple elements with parallel sides, that range from the upper Cenomanian into the lower Santonian.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626148https://www.gbif.org/species/4626148
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)134167https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134167
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Binneyitidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Binneyitidae
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
superfamilyHaploceratoidea
familyBinneyitidaeReeside 1927
Scientific NameBinneyitidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Binneyitidaefamilybelongs to Haplocerataceaestated with evidenceKennedy and Cobban, 1990
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance89.3 - 83.5 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)C. W. Wright, J. H. Calloman, and M. K. Howarth. 1996. Cretaceous Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L(4):1-362
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binneyitidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Binneyites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
193.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Borissiakoceras
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
21101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Johnsonites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1927Binneyitidae Reeside
1990Binneyitidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 385
1996Binneyitidae Wright et al. p. 15

References

Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1990) Cenomanian micromorphic ammonites from the western interior of the USA, Palaeontology 33, 379-422
Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Paleoport - 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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