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Oppelia ✝
| Description | Oppelia is a haploceratoid ammonite and type genus for the Oppeliidae that lived during the Middle Jurassic. Shells of Oppelia are involute with a small to moderate size umbilicus, bluntly rounded to sharp venter, and deeply impressed dorsum. Sides are generally smooth but may be variously ribbed on the outer flanks. Similar and related genera include Oxycerites and Oecotraustes. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppelia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Oppeliidae : Oppelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Oppeliidae : Oppelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Oppelia Waagen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Geogn.-Pal. Beitr., 2: 250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 140 - 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppelia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Oppelia (Oecotraustes) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Oppelia (Oppelia) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Oppelia (Trimarginites) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Flexoxyites flexus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecotraustes genicularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oecotraustes westermanni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia abeli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia angusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia baylei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia bosei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia bourgeati species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia colcanapi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia crassicosta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia gratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia greppini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia guebhardi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia harpoceroides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia jurensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia mamertensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Oppelia mariorae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia neohispanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia nodosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia ogerieni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia pichleriformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia prahecquensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia rectus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia stantoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia subcostaria ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Oppelia subradiata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oppelia waterhousei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pleuroxyites pleurifer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1877 | Ammonites (Oppelia) Favre |
| 1924 | Flexoxyites Buckman |
| 1957 | Oppelia Arkell et al. p. 275 |
| 1986 | Oppelia Sandoval and Westermann p. 1232 |
| 1993 | Oppelia Besnosov and Mitta p. 34 |
| 2002 | Oppelia Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
