Phylloceras

Phylloceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Phylloceratidae. These nektonic carnivores lived from Early Jurassic to Late Cretaceous.

A picture published with the record for Phylloceras.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PhylloceratinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Phylloceratida
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Phylloceratida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Phylloceratida
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 155 million years on record.

The record covers at least 227.3 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 66 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 958 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 2 of 958 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 552 of 958 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 75 of 958 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 86 of 958 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 211 of 958 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 32 of 958 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 958 occurrences240–234 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences234–229 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences229–223 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences211–205 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences205–199 Mya — about 53 occurrences199–193 Mya — about 79 occurrences193–187 Mya — about 170 occurrences187–181 Mya — about 173 occurrences181–175 Mya — about 72 occurrences175–169 Mya — about 21 occurrences169–163 Mya — about 42 occurrences163–157 Mya — about 28 occurrences157–152 Mya — about 31 occurrences152–146 Mya — about 31 occurrences146–140 Mya — about 32 occurrences140–134 Mya — about 92 occurrences134–128 Mya — about 44 occurrences128–122 Mya — about 18 occurrences122–116 Mya — about 5 occurrences116–110 Mya — about 5 occurrences110–104 Mya — about 14 occurrences104–98 Mya — about 18 occurrences98–92 Mya — about 6 occurrences92–86 Mya — about 1 occurrence86–80 Mya — about 10 occurrences80–74 Mya — about 5 occurrences74–69 Mya — about 4 occurrences69–63 Mya — about 2 occurrences227.3 Mya72.2 Mya240 Mya63 Mya

958 occurrences of Phylloceras on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. 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

958 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

108 formations

Bugarone — 43.33°N, 13.22°ETűzkövesárok Limestone — 47.34°N, 18.09°EIsztimér — 47.18°N, 17.83°EIsztimér — 47.19°N, 17.90°EIsztimér — 47.28°N, 17.84°EIsztimér Limestone — 47.20°N, 17.90°EIsztimér Limestone — 46.98°N, 17.30°EKisgerecse Marl — 47.70°N, 18.49°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.99°N, 6.71°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.10°N, 6.82°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.90°N, 6.34°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.04°N, 6.62°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.01°N, 6.35°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.05°N, 6.52°ESandilands — 53.91°N, 133.15°WBersek Marl — 47.75°N, 18.50°EKisgerecse — 47.66°N, 18.47°EDalichai — 36.37°N, 54.29°EDalichai — 36.59°N, 58.69°EDalichai — 36.56°N, 59.30°EDalichai — 36.50°N, 58.95°EDalichai — 37.20°N, 57.18°EDalichai — 37.38°N, 56.69°ESteinmühl — 47.91°N, 14.35°EAlum Shale — 54.49°N, 0.60°WAlum Shale — 54.40°N, 0.47°WAllgäu — 47.14°N, 9.84°EAllgäu — 47.18°N, 9.98°EAllgäu — 47.15°N, 10.10°ELast Creek — 51.11°N, 123.03°WLast Creek — 51.05°N, 122.97°WJet Rock — 54.54°N, 0.76°WJet Rock — 54.46°N, 0.54°WJet Rock — 54.40°N, 0.49°WHuayacocotla — 20.33°N, 98.22°WFannin — 53.18°N, 132.02°WFannin — 53.38°N, 132.27°WFannin — 53.20°N, 132.05°WSchnöll — 47.70°N, 13.17°EMzinene — 27.85°S, 32.33°EChinitna — 60.12°N, 152.59°WChinitna — 59.83°N, 153.03°WLa Caja — 23.63°N, 100.85°WLa Caja — 23.58°N, 100.82°WAdnet — 47.46°N, 13.56°EAdnet — 47.17°N, 10.03°EJurensismergel — 49.91°N, 11.46°EJurensismergel — 47.95°N, 7.82°ERossfeld — 47.69°N, 13.66°ERossfeld — 47.78°N, 14.50°E

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The named rock units Phylloceras has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 84 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 455 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Phylloceras and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Phylloceras and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

1,180 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 754 sites for Phylloceras, 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

185 references

Each of the 958 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. 173 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 Phylloceras

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3D model

Source
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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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Suess 1865)