Gaudryceras

Gaudryceras is an ammonite genus belonging to the family Gaudryceratidae.

Gaudryceras

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GaudryceratinaePBDB
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 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 110.1 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 119.57 Mya to 66 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 10 of 324 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 314 of 324 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 324 occurrences121–119 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences119–117 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences117–115 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences115–113 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences113–111 Mya — about 2 occurrences111–109 Mya — about 2 occurrences109–108 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences108–106 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences106–104 Mya — about 1 occurrence104–102 Mya — about 1 occurrence102–100 Mya — about 2 occurrences100–98 Mya — about 7 occurrences98–96 Mya — about 7 occurrences96–95 Mya — about 7 occurrences95–93 Mya — about 12 occurrences93–91 Mya — about 15 occurrences91–89 Mya — about 14 occurrences89–87 Mya — about 12 occurrences87–85 Mya — about 22 occurrences85–84 Mya — about 59 occurrences84–82 Mya — about 14 occurrences82–80 Mya — about 14 occurrences80–78 Mya — about 14 occurrences78–76 Mya — about 14 occurrences76–74 Mya — about 14 occurrences74–72 Mya — about 14 occurrences72–71 Mya — about 22 occurrences71–69 Mya — about 22 occurrences69–67 Mya — about 22 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 9 occurrences110.1 Mya72.2 Mya121 Mya65 Mya

324 occurrences of Gaudryceras 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

324 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

61 formations

Santa Marta — 63.75°S, 58.00°WSanta Marta — 64.23°S, 56.62°WSanta Marta — 64.17°S, 57.75°WMatanuska — 61.87°N, 147.35°WMatanuska — 61.99°N, 147.78°WMatanuska — 61.84°N, 148.06°WMatanuska — 61.94°N, 147.67°WMatanuska — 61.84°N, 147.41°WMatanuska — 61.80°N, 147.70°WMatanuska — 61.87°N, 147.35°WMatanuska — 62.02°N, 147.62°WMatanuska — 61.90°N, 147.46°WMatanuska — 62.05°N, 146.98°WMatanuska — 62.03°N, 147.65°WMatanuska — 61.69°N, 148.95°WKrasnoyarka — 47.37°N, 142.50°EKrasnoyarka — 47.33°N, 142.50°EKrasnoyarka — 48.71°N, 142.66°EKrasnoyarka — 48.67°N, 142.64°EHinoshima — 32.47°N, 130.47°EHinoshima — 32.39°N, 130.40°EHinoshima — 32.47°N, 130.41°ESaku — 44.07°N, 141.93°ESaku — 44.11°N, 142.00°ESaku — 44.02°N, 141.91°ESaku — 43.05°N, 142.12°ESaku — 43.08°N, 142.00°EMiria — 22.77°S, 114.18°EMiria — 22.92°S, 114.10°EMiria — 22.67°S, 114.23°EMiria — 22.63°S, 114.26°EMiria — 22.68°S, 114.26°EMiddle Haborogawa — 44.13°N, 141.75°ELopez de Bertodano — 64.25°S, 56.75°WBudden Canyon — 40.42°N, 122.53°WBudden Canyon — 40.51°N, 122.44°WBudden Canyon — 40.52°N, 122.46°WBudden Canyon — 40.46°N, 122.56°WBykov — 50.16°N, 155.26°EBykov — 48.67°N, 142.60°EBykov — 48.68°N, 142.66°ESt Lucia — 27.87°S, 32.33°ESt Lucia — 34.17°S, 18.67°ESt Lucia — 28.03°S, 32.27°ESt Lucia — 28.08°S, 32.25°ESt Lucia — 28.45°S, 32.32°EMoreno — 36.22°N, 120.12°WMoreno — 36.64°N, 120.73°WMoreno — 37.76°N, 121.40°WMoreno — 37.56°N, 121.37°WMoreno — 37.85°N, 121.71°WMoreno — 36.93°N, 120.88°WUpper Haborogawa — 44.40°N, 141.83°EUpper Haborogawa — 44.27°N, 141.75°EUpper Haborogawa — 44.13°N, 141.75°EWhisky Bay — 63.75°S, 58.00°WWhisky Bay — 64.17°S, 57.75°WWhisky Bay — 64.07°S, 58.42°WMarno-Calcaires à Gauthiericeras — 42.87°N, 2.39°EFunks — 38.90°N, 122.26°WFunks — 38.86°N, 122.24°WFunks — 38.83°N, 122.23°WQuiriquina — 36.61°S, 72.97°WQuiriquina — 36.70°S, 72.97°WQuiriquina — 36.73°S, 73.14°WUpper Lopez de Bertodano — 64.27°S, 56.73°WSenpohshi — 43.01°N, 144.74°EHakobuchi — 42.73°N, 142.24°EHakobuchi — 42.77°N, 142.21°EHakobuchi — 42.84°N, 142.14°EChinomigawa — 42.18°N, 142.82°EChinomigawa — 42.91°N, 142.42°EUmzamba — 31.10°S, 30.17°EOkarahia Sandstone — 42.57°S, 173.52°EHidden Lake — 63.75°S, 58.00°W

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The named rock units Gaudryceras has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 37 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 68 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Gaudryceras and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

1,015 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 280 sites for Gaudryceras, 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

82 references

Each of the 324 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. 70 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.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Gaudryceras

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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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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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What may have been alongside itGaudryceratinae through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (de Grossouvre 1894)