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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4622832	https://www.gbif.org/species/4622832
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14340	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14340

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Arcestidae : Proarcestes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Arcestidae : Proarcestes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Arcestoidea
family	Arcestidae	Mojsisovics 1875
genus	Proarcestes	Mojsisovics 1893

Scientific Name

Proarcestes Mojsisovics, 1893

Name Published In

Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 6 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proarcestes	subgenus	belongs to Arcestes	stated with evidence	Hyatt and Smith, 1905
Proarcestes	genus	belongs to Arcestidae	stated with evidence	Spath, 1951
Proarcestes	genus	belongs to Proarcestidae	stated with evidence	Arkadiev et al., 1993
Proarcestes	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Proarcestes	genus	belongs to Arcestidae	stated with evidence	Lukeneder and Lukeneder, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ceratitida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ceratitida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ceratitida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Arcestes (Proarcestes) carpenteri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes (Proarcestes) pacificus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes (Proarcestes) shastensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes (Proarcestes) traski ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes (Proarcestes) whitneyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes (Proarcestes) winnemae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes carpenteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes pacificus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes shastensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes traski species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes whitneyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes winnemae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes ausseeanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes balfouri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Proarcestes barrandei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes bicarinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes bramantei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		50	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Proarcestes carpenteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes danai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes dittmari ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes escheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Proarcestes gabbi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Proarcestes gaytani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes hanieli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes marcoui ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes moeschi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes mojsisovicsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes nevadanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes pacificus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes planus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Proarcestes reyeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Proarcestes shastensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes traski species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes whitneyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes winnemae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proarcestes wittenburgi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Proarcestes Mojsisovic
1905	Arcestes (Proarcestes) Hyatt and Smith p. 74
1951	Proarcestes Spath p. 127
1971	Proarcestes Astakhova p. 75
1981	Proarcestes Tozer p. 95
1993	Proarcestes Arkadiev et al. p. 39
2002	Proarcestes Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Proarcestes Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 382
2018	Proarcestes Vörös p. 143

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Hyatt A., Smith J. P. (1905) The Triassic cephalopod genera of America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40, 1-394

Spath L. F. (1951) , Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part V, The Ammonoidea of the Trias (II), 1-228

Astakhova T. V. (1971) , Triasovi Dvostulkovi i Golovonogi Molyuski Krimu, 1-110

Tozer E. T. (1981) Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms, The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group, 66-100

Arkadiev V. V., Bucher H., et al (1993) Structure and systematic position of the middle Anisian Nevadisculites (Ammonoidea) from Nevada, USA, Paleontological Journal 27 3, 36-44

Lukeneder S., Lukeneder A. (2014) A new ammonoid fauna from the Carnian (Upper Triassic) Kasimlar Formation of the Taurus Mountains (Anatolia, Turkey), Palaeontology 57, 357-396

Vörös A. (2018) The Upper Anisian ammonoids of the Balaton Highland (Hungary), Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 60, 1-241

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 6 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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