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Pseudotissotiidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Pseudotissotiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper 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) | W. J. Kennedy and M. D. Simmons. 1991. Mid-Cretaceous ammonites and associated microfossils from the Central Oman Mountains. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 25(3):127-154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hourcqiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hourcquiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pseudotissotiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 123 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Eotissotia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Thomasites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1903 | Pseudotissotinae Hyatt |
| 1954 | Pseudotissotinae Reyment p. 157 |
| 1982 | Pseudotissotiinae Chancellor p. 116 |
| 1987 | Pseudotissotiinae Kennedy et al. p. 179 |
| 1989 | Pseudotissotiinae Meister p. 43 |
| 1991 | Pseudotissotinae Kennedy and Simmons p. 142 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1992 | Pseudotissotinae Meister et al. p. 78 |
| 1994 | Pseudotissotiidae Kennedy p. 261 |
| 1994 | Pseudotissotinae Meister et al. p. 213 |
| 2005 | Pseudotissotiidae Gale et al. p. 186 |
| 2008 | Pseudotissotidae Kennedy et al. p. 162 |
| 2016 | Pseudotissotiidae Kennedy and Gale p. 285 |
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!
