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Fidelites ✝
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Agoniatitidae : Fidelites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Agoniatitidae : Fidelites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Fidelites Chlupac & Turek, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Pozpravy Ustred. Ust. Geol. 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 403 - 392 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | I. Chlupac and V. Turek. 1983. Devonian goniatites from the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia. Rozpravy Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 46:1-159 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Fidelites clariondi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Fidelites fidelis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Fidelites kayseri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Fidelites lateumbilicatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Fidelites occultus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Fidelites pinguior ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Fidelites ruppachensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Fidelites termieri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Fidelites verna ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1983 | Agoniatites (Fidelites) Chlupac and Turek p. 46 |
1987 | Agoniatites (Fidelites) Göddertz p. 146 |
2002 | Fidelites Korn and Klug p. 81 |
2006 | Fidelites Korn |
References
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!