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Passaloteuthididae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Passaloteuthididae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | belemnite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 197 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 180 - 170 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Belemnitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. D. Pinard, R. Weis, and P. Neige, N. Mariotti, A. Di Cencio. 2014. Belemnites from the Upper Pliensbachian and the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Tournadous (Causses, France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 273:155-177 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Angeloteuthis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Clastoteuthis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Parapassaloteuthis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 94 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Pseudohastites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Schwegleria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1922 | Passaloteuthidae Naef |
1928 | Passaloteuthinae Lang p. 196 |
1994 | Passaloteuthididae Doyle et al. p. 6 |
2002 | Passaloteuthidae Delsate et al. p. 7 |
2014 | Passaloteuthididae Pinard et al. p. 172 |
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!