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Alsatites ✝
| Description | Alsatites is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. They lived during the Early Jurassic, Hettangian till the Sinemurian and are generally extremely evolute, many whorled. Keel broad and blunt organisms, they also exhibit a primary ribbing which is close and persistent. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsatites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Arietitidae : Alsatites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Arietitidae : Alsatites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Alsatites Haug, 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 197 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Alsatites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Alsatites bipartitus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Alsatites laqueus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Alsatites liasicus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Alsatites nigromontanus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Alsatites pamlicoensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Alsatites proaries ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Arietites nigromontanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1894 | Alsatites Haug |
| 1922 | Proarietites Lange p. 461 |
| 1987 | Tayloricites Guex |
| 2002 | Alsatites Delsate et al. p. 8 |
| 2002 | Alsatites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2013 | Alsatites Howarth p. 12 |
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!
