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Eschericeratites ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Eschericeratites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Guex, A. Hungerbühler, and J. Jenks, D. Taylor, H. Bucher. 2005. Dix-huit nouveaux genres d’ammonites du Spathien (Trias inférieur) de l’ouest américain (Idaho, Nevada, Utah et Californie) : Note préliminaire. Bulletin de Géologie Lausanne 362:1-32 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eschericeratites lytoceratoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2005 | Eschericeratites Guex et al. p. 6 |
2010 | Eschericeratites Guex et al. p. 70 |
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!