PRIONITIDAE Hyatt, 1900:
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| Prionitids |
About 251mya the Family Prionitidae met in what is now the
western USA. This event took place all
over the world (? Tethys and northern Panthalassa), but for this report I will
stick to the event and those attending in the western US. This Family started with the Genus Meekoceras in the Early Smithian and
culminated with the family reunion in the Late Smithian with at least 6 species
in 4 genera with a few in open nomenclature.
·
Anasibirites
Mojsisovics, 1896 2 species
·
Hemiprionites
Spath, 1929 2 species
·
Wasatchites
Mathews, 1929 1 species
·
Gurleyites Mathews, 1929 1 species
With a few Xenoceltitids and Hedenstroemiids. (See Brayard et al. 2013, Jattiot et al. 2017,
Mathews 1929, Smith 1932, for composition of the fauna and Jattiot et al. 2015
for a revision of Anasibirites, Brayard et al. 2020 for a revision of Gurleyites) Recorded in the Thaynes Group, UAZ5 of Jattiot et al. 2017
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| Prionitid localities (from Brayard et al 2013) |
CARDIOCERATINAE Siemiradzki, 1891:
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| Cardioceratids |
About 162mya the Subfamily Cardioceratinae gathered in the
Sundance Sea that covered much of Montana and Wyoming along with parts of Utah,
Colorado, Idaho, and South Dakota. This
reunion started with Quenstedtoceras
and Pavloviceras coming in from the
north in Montana, and closed with 18 species in 4 genera and 3 subgenera.
· Cardioceras
Neumayr & Uhlig, 1881
o
Scarburgiceras
Buckman, 1924 6 species
o
Cardioceras
Buckman, 1923 1 species
o
Goliathiceras
Buckman, 1919 2 species
· Scoticardioceras
Buckman, 1925 2 species
· Vertebriceras
Buckman, 1920 4
species
· Cawtoniceras
Buckman, 1923 3
species
With rare Perisphinctids.
(see Imlay 1982, and Reeside 1919 for composition of the fauna, and Howarth
2017 for a revision of the Stephanoceratoidea) This reunion is recorded in the cordatum Zone of the Swift Formation of Montana, the Sundance Formation of Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota, and the Stump Formation of Utah, Idaho, and Colorado.
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| Cardioceratid localities (from Imlay 1982) |
Localities for the reunions in the western US are shown, but the events were probably global.
References:
Brayard, A., Bylund, K. G., Jenks, J., Stephen, D. A.,
Olivier, N., Escarguel, G., Fara, E. & Vennin, E., 2013, Smithian ammonoid
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Brayard, A., Olivier, N., Vennin, E., Jenks, J., Bylund, K., Stephen, D., McShinsky, D., Goudemand, N., Fara, E., Escarguel, G., 2020. New middle and late Smithian ammonoid faunas from the Utah/Arizona border: new evidence for calibrating Early Triassic transgressive-regressive trends and paleobiogeographical signals in the western USA basin. Global and Planetary Change 192
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