Graphoceratidae is an extinct family of ammonites in the order
Ammonitida
Ammonitida is an order of ammonoid cephalopods that lived from the Jurassic through Paleocene time periods, commonly with intricate ammonitic sutures.
Ammonitida is divided into four suborders, the Phylloceratina, Lytoceratina, Ancylocerati ...
, which lived during the
Jurassic
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.
Distribution
Fossils are found in the
Jurassic
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marine strata of
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,
France
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,
Germany
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,
Hungary
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,
Italy
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,
Morocco
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,
Saudi Arabia
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Spain
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and the
United Kingdom
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.
Genera
Subfamily
Graphoceratinae Buckman, 1905
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Brasilia''
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Graphoceras''
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Hyperlioceras''
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Ludwigia''
Subfamily
Leioceratinae Spath, 1936
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Canavarella''
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Costileioceras''
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Vaceckia''
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Leioceras''
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Staufenia''
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Ancolioceras
''Ancolioceras'' is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the ammonite
Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are ...
''
Subfamily
Dumortieriinae Haug, 1885
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Dumortieria
''Dumortieria'' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Graphoceratidae.
Fossil record
These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Late Jurassic, upper Toarcian age (from about 180.1 to 175.6 million ...
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Pleydellia''
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Catulloceras''
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Cotteswoldia''
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Walkericeras''
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Canavarina''
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Paradumortieria''
Subfamily
Tmetoceratinae Spath, 1936
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Tmetoceras''
References
Paleobiology Database
Hildoceratoidea
Ammonitida families
Jurassic ammonites
Toarcian first appearances
Middle Jurassic extinctions
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