Data plotted here is from DINOSTRAT, available via Zenodo: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18375303. Please cite Bijl, 2022 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-579-2022 when using this data.

Distribution


Plots are based on the following information

FO/LO	Location	Taxon	Source	Calibration	Age (Ma)	Paleolatitude
FO	Barentz Sea	Muderongia aequicorna	Århus et al., 1990	0 in stage_Barremian	126.5	65.213
LO	Barentz Sea	Muderongia aequicorna	Århus et al., 1990	0.5 in stage_Barremian	123.95	65.885
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia asymmetrica	Costa and Davey, 1992	1 in amm_b_Dimorphoplites biplicatus	107.59	44.344
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia asymmetrica	Costa and Davey, 1992	1 in amm_b_Prodeshayesites fissicostatus	119.97	42.07
LO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia australis	Helby et al., 1987	0.3 in stage_Aptian	118.94	-53.642
FO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia australis	Helby et al., 1987	0.8 in stage_Valanginian	133.62	-54.494
LO	ODP 765	Muderongia australis	Helby and McMinn, 1992	0 in mag_C34n	120.964	-49.275
FO	ODP 765	Muderongia australis	Helby and McMinn, 1992	0 in mag_M1r	124.169	-49.844
FO	Northeast Greenland	Muderongia australis	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	1 in stage_Valanginian	132.6	52.45
LO	Northeast Greenland	Muderongia australis	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	53.214
LO	Rio Argos	Muderongia australis	Leereveld, 1997a	0 in amm_t_Subsaynella sayni	129.94	24.192
FO	Hold With Hope	Muderongia australis	Nøhr-Hansen et al., 2019	0 in stage_Hauterivian	132.6	52.93
LO	Hold With Hope	Muderongia australis	Nøhr-Hansen et al., 2019	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	53.698
FO	Broyon	Muderongia australis	Monteil, 1992a	0 in amm_t_Neocomites neocomiensiformis	136.72	31.563
FO	Neuquen	Muderongia brachialis	Ottone and Pérez-Loinaze, 2002	0 in stage_Hauterivian	132.6	-34.916
LO	Neuquen	Muderongia brachialis	Ottone and Pérez-Loinaze, 2002	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	-35.686
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia crucis	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.5 in amm_b_Paracrioceras elegans	124.58	40.782
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia crucis	Costa and Davey, 1992	0 in amm_b_Polyptychites	136.72	39.661
FO	Haldager 1	Muderongia crucis	Davey, 1982	0 in amm_b_Endemoceras regale	131.81	43.633
LO	Rio Argos	Muderongia crucis	Leereveld, 1997a	1 in amm_t_Balearites balearis	127.27	24.567
FO	Rio Argos	Muderongia crucis	Leereveld, 1997a	1 in amm_t_Subsaynella sayni	128.82	24.349
FO	Silesian Basin	Muderongia crucis	Skupien and Vašíček, 2002	0 in amm_t_Taveraidiscus hugii	126.5	35.147
LO	Silesian Basin	Muderongia crucis	Skupien and Vašíček, 2002	1 in amm_t_Taveraidiscus hugii	125.52	35.418
LO	Synthesis N Germany	Muderongia dedecosa	Gocht, 1957	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	39.762
FO	Vocontian Basin	Muderongia dedecosa	Duxbury, 2024	0.6 in amm_t_Thurmanniceras pertransiens	137.068	30.084
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia extensiva	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.5 in amm_b_Endemoceras amblygonium	132.43	39.43
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia extensiva	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.25 in amm_b_Paratollia/Platylenticeras	136.08	39.639
LO	Q13_14	Muderongia extensiva	Duxbury, 2001	0.67 in amm_b_Endemoceras amblygonium	132.372	45.064
LO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia extensiva	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	0.5 in amm_b_Endemoceras regale	131.36	42.757
FO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia extensiva	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	1 in amm_b_Paratollia/Platylenticeras	134.55	42.958
FO	Moray Firth	Muderongia extensiva	Duxbury, 2018	0.8 in amm_b_Polyptychites	135.784	44.447
LO	Speeton	Muderongia extensiva	Duxbury, 2023	0.5 in amm_b_Endemoceras amblygonium	132.43	40.787
FO	Vocontian Basin	Muderongia extensiva ssp. spinosa	Duxbury, 2024	0 in amm_t_Saynoceras verrucosum	135.4	30.003
LO	Vocontian Basin	Muderongia extensiva ssp. spinosa	Duxbury, 2024	0.4 in amm_t_Saynoceras verrucosum	135.06	29.986
FO	Godavari	Muderongia gangapurensis	Masure et al., 2017	0 in stage_Hauterivian	132.6	-47.838
LO	Godavari	Muderongia gangapurensis	Masure et al., 2017	1 in stage_Barremian	121.4	-45.646
FO	Xinjiang	Muderongia lata	Yu Jingxian and Zhang Wangping, 1980	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	35.127
LO	Xinjiang	Muderongia lata	Yu Jingxian and Zhang Wangping, 1980	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	36.775
LO	Salzburg	Muderongia longicorna	Boorova et al., 1999	0.95 in stage_Valanginian	132.855	28.431
FO	Salzburg	Muderongia longicorna	Boorova et al., 1999	0.9 in stage_Berriasian	138.24	29.035
FO	Angles	Muderongia longicorna	Monteil, 1993	0.2 in stage_Berriasian	142.02	30.66
LO	Angles	Muderongia longicorna	Monteil, 1993	0.25 in amm_t_Tirnovella alpillensis	138.257	30.459
FO	Berrias	Muderongia longicorna	Monteil, 1993	0.67 in amm_t_Berriasella jacobi	142.159	31.502
FO	Broyon	Muderongia longicorna	Monteil, 1993	0.75 in amm_t_Berriasella jacobi	141.97	31.804
LO	ODP 765	Muderongia macwhaei	Helby and McMinn, 1992	0.1 in mag_C34n	117.233	-48.834
FO	ODP 765	Muderongia macwhaei	Helby and McMinn, 1992	1 in mag_M1n	121.4	-49.352
LO	Salzburg	Muderongia macwhaei	Boorova et al., 1999	0.4 in stage_Valanginian	135.66	28.654
FO	Salzburg	Muderongia macwhaei	Boorova et al., 1999	0.35 in stage_Valanginian	135.915	28.692
LO	Silesian Basin	Muderongia macwhaei	Skupien and Vašíček, 2002	1 in amm_t_Taveraidiscus hugii	125.52	35.418
FO	Angles	Muderongia macwhaei	Monteil, 1993	0.78 in stage_Berriasian	138.888	30.493
FO	Berrias	Muderongia macwhaei	Monteil, 1993	0.8 in amm_t_Fauriella boissieri	138.768	31.352
FO	Vocontian Basin	Muderongia macwhaei	Duxbury, 2024	0.35 in amm_t_Tirnovella alpillensis	138.168	30.138
LO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia pariata	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	1 in amm_b_Leymeriella tardefurcata	110.87	47.43
FO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia pariata	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	0.5 in amm_b_Paracrioceras denckmanni	123.255	44.556
FO	Rio Argos	Muderongia pariata	Leereveld, 1997a	0.05 in amm_t_Crioceratites loryi	131.575	24.476
LO	Rio Argos	Muderongia pariata	Leereveld, 1997a	0.1 in amm_t_Imerites giraudi	121.964	25.312
LO	Western Carpathians	Muderongia pariata	Skupien, 2004	1 in amm_t_Douvilleiceras mammillatum	110.22	32.484
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia patula	Duxbury, 2019	0.5 in stage_Barremian	123.95	40.958
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia patula	Duxbury, 2019	1 in stage_Barremian	121.4	41.669
LO	ODP 638B	Muderongia perforata	Masure, 1988a	0.5 in nan_n_CC4b	129.535	33.948
FO	ODP 638B	Muderongia perforata	Masure, 1988a	1 in nan_n_CC3b	132.966	34.487
FO	Moray Firth	Muderongia perforata	Duxbury, 2018	1 in amm_b_Polyptychites	135.55	44.456
FO	Vocontian Basin	Muderongia perforata	Duxbury, 2024	0.5 in amm_t_Neocomites neocomiensiformis	136.36	30.05
LO	Speeton	Muderongia perforata	Duxbury, 2023	0.5 in amm_b_Endemoceras amblygonium	132.43	40.787
FO	Neuquen	Muderongia sarjeantii	Volkheimer, 2010	0.5 in stage_Valanginian	135.15	-34.339
LO	Neuquen	Muderongia sarjeantii	Volkheimer, 2010	0.5 in stage_Hauterivian	129.55	-35.556
FO	Monte Soro Sicily	Muderongia siciliana	Torricelli, 1997	0 in stage_Hauterivian	132.6	28.43
LO	Monte Soro Sicily	Muderongia siciliana	Torricelli, 1997	0.5 in stage_Hauterivian	129.55	28.293
LO	Scotian Margin	Muderongia simplex	Williams et al., 1993	0.4 in stage_Hauterivian	130.16	35.289
FO	Scotian Margin	Muderongia simplex	Williams et al., 1993	1 in stage_Kimmeridgian	149.24	34.84
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia simplex	Copestake and Partington, 2023	1 in amm_b_Galbanites kerberus	144.33	39.929
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia simplex	Copestake and Partington, 2023	0.25 in amm_b_Pavlovia rotunda	146.085	39.991
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia simplex	Costa and Davey, 1992	1 in amm_b_Simbirskites variabilis	126.5	40.246
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia simplex	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.5 in amm_b_Surites stenomphalus	138.03	39.707
LO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia simplex	Helby et al., 1987	0 in stage_Barremian	126.5	-54.017
FO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia simplex	Helby et al., 1987	0.6 in stage_Valanginian	134.64	-54.2
FO	Arctic Basin	Muderongia simplex	Bujak et al., 2022	0 in amm_b_Pavlovia pallasioides	146.76	71.813
LO	Salzburg	Muderongia simplex	Boorova et al., 1999	0.25 in stage_Berriasian	141.75	29.553
FO	Salzburg	Muderongia simplex	Boorova et al., 1999	0.2 in stage_Berriasian	142.02	29.593
FO	Denmark synthesis	Muderongia simplex	Poulsen and Riding, 2003 sensu Riding et al., 2010	0.4 in stage_Tithonian	146.784	44.316
FO	Dorset-Yorkshire	Muderongia simplex	Woollam and Riding, 1983	0 in amm_b_Peregrinoceras albidum	137.81	38.929
LO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia simplex	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	0.5 in amm_b_Deshayesites deshayesi	119.54	45.612
FO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia simplex	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	0 in amm_b_Peregrinoceras albidum	137.81	43.103
LO	DSDP 534	Muderongia simplex	Habib and Drugg, 1983	0.5 in mag_M15n	137.841	24.666
FO	DSDP 534	Muderongia simplex	Habib and Drugg, 1983	0.5 in mag_M17n	140.341	24.298
FO	DSDP 603	Muderongia simplex	Habib and Drugg, 1987	0.75 in mag_M16r	139.786	30.96
FO	Haldager 1	Muderongia simplex	Davey, 1982	0.5 in amm_b_Surites icenii	138.51	43.836
LO	Speeton	Muderongia simplex	Duxbury, 2023	0.5 in amm_b_Craspedodiscus gottschei	128.405	41.41
FO	Boyarka	Muderongia simplex	Shulgina et al., 1994	0.5 in amm_s_Unzoned	136.07	68.483
FO	Wollaston	Muderongia simplex	Alsen et al., 2023	0.6 in stage_Tithonian	145.556	54.437
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Costa and Davey, 1992	1 in amm_b_Ancyloceras inexum / S. pingue	121.55	41.628
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.5 in amm_b_Surites stenomphalus	138.03	39.707
FO	Northeast Greenland	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.4 in stage_Barremian	124.46	53.773
LO	Northeast Greenland	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	53.214
LO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	1 in amm_b_Paratollia/Platylenticeras	134.55	42.958
FO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	1 in amm_b_Surites stenomphalus	137.81	43.103
LO	Haldager 1	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Davey, 1982	1 in amm_b_Peregrinoceras albidum	136.59	43.788
FO	Haldager 1	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Davey, 1982	0.5 in amm_b_Peregrinoceras albidum	137.2	43.803
FO	Rio Argos	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Leereveld, 1997a	0.75 in amm_t_Acanthodiscus radiatus	131.858	24.528
LO	Rio Argos	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Leereveld, 1997a	0.5 in amm_t_Subsaynella sayni	129.38	24.271
FO	Hold With Hope	Muderongia simplex ssp. microperforata	Nøhr-Hansen et al., 2019	0.1 in stage_Barremian	125.99	53.838
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia staurota	Costa and Davey, 1992	1 in amm_b_Deshayesites deshayesi	119.11	42.344
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia staurota	Costa and Davey, 1992	0 in amm_b_Simbirskites marginatus	127.99	39.83
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia staurota	Duxbury, 2019	0.9 in stage_Barremian	121.91	41.527
LO	DSDP 400A	Muderongia staurota	Davey, 1979b	0.5 in nan_u_BC23	111.565	39.1
FO	DSDP 400A	Muderongia staurota	Davey, 1979b	0.9 in nan_u_BC21	115.011	38.554
LO	Q13_14	Muderongia staurota	Duxbury, 2001	0.25 in amm_b_Parancyloceras bidentatum / Parancyloceras scalare	121.45	47.273
FO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia staurota	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	0 in amm_b_Craspedodiscus gottschei	128.82	43.001
LO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia staurota	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	1 in amm_b_Parancyloceras bidentatum / Parancyloceras scalare	121.15	45.144
LO	DSDP 361	Muderongia staurota	Davey, 1978	0.75 in nan_c_NC7b	114.906	-42.6
FO	DSDP 361	Muderongia staurota	Davey, 1978	0.2 in nan_c_NC6b	120.291	-42.507
LO	Rio Argos	Muderongia staurota	Leereveld, 1997a	1 in amm_t_Gerhardtia sartousi	122.01	25.305
LO	Silesian Basin	Muderongia staurota	Skupien and Vašíček, 2002	1 in amm_t_Gerhardtia sartousi	122.01	36.388
LO	Angles	Muderongia staurota	Oosting et al., 2006	0.67 in amm_t_Imerites giraudi	121.702	32.311
FO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia testudinaria	Burger, 1980b	0 in stage_Hauterivian	132.6	-54.384
LO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia testudinaria	Burger, 1980b	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	-54.017
LO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia testudinaria	Helby et al., 1987	0 in stage_Barremian	126.5	-54.017
LO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia testudinaria	Helby et al., 1987	0 in stage_Barremian	126.5	-54.017
LO	Scotian Margin	Muderongia tetracantha	Williams et al., 1993	0.8 in stage_Aptian	114.84	39.026
FO	Scotian Margin	Muderongia tetracantha	Williams et al., 1993	0.4 in stage_Valanginian	135.66	35.874
LO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia tetracantha	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.5 in amm_b_Paracrioceras elegans	124.58	40.782
FO	North Sea Compilation	Muderongia tetracantha	Costa and Davey, 1992	0 in amm_b_Polyptychites	136.72	39.661
LO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia tetracantha	Helby et al., 1987	0.33 in stage_Albian	109.009	-53.735
FO	Australia synthesis	Muderongia tetracantha	Helby et al., 1987	0.8 in stage_Valanginian	133.62	-54.494
FO	Q13_14	Muderongia tetracantha	Duxbury, 2001	0.4 in amm_b_Craspedodiscus gottschei	128.488	45.314
LO	Q13_14	Muderongia tetracantha	Duxbury, 2001	1 in amm_b_Paracrioceras rarocinctum	125.32	46.196
FO	ODP 765	Muderongia tetracantha	Helby and McMinn, 1992	0 in nan_n_CC4	132.966	-51.507
LO	ODP 765	Muderongia tetracantha	Helby and McMinn, 1992	1 in nan_n_CC7a	119.401	-49.045
LO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia tetracantha	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	1 in amm_b_Proleymeriella schrammeni	111.27	47.394
FO	Central Danish Trough	Muderongia tetracantha	Heilmann-Clausen, 1987	0 in amm_b_Paratollia/Platylenticeras	136.59	43.052
LO	DSDP 361	Muderongia tetracantha	Davey, 1978	0.25 in nan_c_NC7a	119.119	-42.574
FO	DSDP 361	Muderongia tetracantha	Davey, 1978	0 in nan_c_NC7a	119.401	-42.573
FO	DSDP 603	Muderongia tetracantha	Habib and Drugg, 1987	0.5 in mag_M5n	127.02	31.445
FO	Rio Argos	Muderongia tetracantha	Leereveld, 1997a	0.1 in amm_t_Toxancyloceras vandenheckii	124.259	24.99
FO	Speeton	Muderongia tetracantha	Duxbury, 2023	0.25 in amm_b_Speetoniceras inversum	130.667	40.795
LO	Speeton	Muderongia tetracantha	Duxbury, 2023	0.55 in amm_b_Haplocrioceras fissicostatum	125.012	42.333
FO	Synthesis N Germany	Muderongia tomaszowensis	Alberti, 1961	0 in stage_Valanginian	137.7	39.217
LO	Synthesis N Germany	Muderongia tomaszowensis	Alberti, 1961	1 in stage_Valanginian	132.6	38.928