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Hemitetragonites strangulatus ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	319193	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=319193

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Lytoceratoidea
family	Lytoceratidae	Neumayr 1875
subfamily	Lytoceratinae	Neumayr 1875
genus	Protetragonites	Hyatt 1900
species	Hemitetragonites strangulatus	(d'Orbigny 1840)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hemitetragonites strangulatus	species	belongs to Ammonites	stated with evidence	d'Orbigny, 1840
Hemitetragonites strangulatus	species	belongs to Hemitetragonites	stated with evidence	Collignon, 1962

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

113 - 101 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)

M. Collignon. 1962. Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule IX (Aptien). Service Géologique Tananarive

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Ammonites strangulatus d'Orbigny
1958	Protetragonites strangulatus Aliev p. 69 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1962	Hemitetragonites strangulatus Collignon p. 5 figs. Pl 217, fig 949

Collignon M. (1962) Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule IX (Aptien), Service Géologique Tananarive, 1-64

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!