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Zugodactylites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

Taxonomy
Zugodactylites was named by Buckman (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Dactylioceratidae by Stevens (2008); and to Dactylioceratinae by Howarth (2013).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Scofield on 2024-03-14

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Zugodactylites Buckman
1967Omolonoceras Dagis
1971Gabillytes Guex p. 234
2002Gabillytes Sepkoski
2002Zugodactylites Sepkoski
2008Zugodactylites Stevens p. 324
2013Zugodactylites Howarth p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyDactylioceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyDactylioceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusZugodactylitesBuckman 1926

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Zugodactylites Buckman 1926
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Zugodactylites braunianus d'Orbigny 1845
Invalid names: Gabillytes Guex 1971 [synonym], Omolonoceras Dagis 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height118.0----
diameter179.0----
inflation147.0----
shell height34.333.904.804.350.636
shell diameter318.310.742.013.717.3
shell inflation38.744.8023.26.0010.3

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Middle Toarcian or 184.20000 to 180.40000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Indonesia Stephanoceras braunianum (132795)
Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Russian Federation Z. braunianus (129773) Z. braunianus, Z. rotundiventer (129770) Z. sp. (129774)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9New Zealand Z. braunianus (137845)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Z. braunianus (204112)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Granda) Z. braunianus (201106 201107 201113)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7France Gabillytes larbusselensis (170422 170447) Z. rotundiventer (170452)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Bulgaria Z. braunianus (150905)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) Z. braunianus (140869 147160)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Hungary Z. braunianus (108462 147251) Z. braunianus, Z. pseudobraunianum (108088) Z. braunianus, Z. rotundiventer (108050 108461) Z. braunianus, Z. rotundiventer, Z. pseudobraunianum (108051) Z. pseudobraunianum (108073) Z. rotundiventer (108460)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain (Granda) Z. braunianus (201098 201100 201103 201105)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) Z. sp., Z. braunianus (234054)
Planulata181.3 - 179.3Canada (Alberta) Z. sp. (198527)