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Hoplotropites ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tropitidae : Hoplotropites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Tropitidae : Hoplotropites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Hoplotropites Spath, 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Naturalist, 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 232 - 222 Ma Late/Upper 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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Hoplotropites auctus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hoplotropites circumspinatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hoplotropites globosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hoplotropites intermedius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hoplotropites jokelyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hoplotropites ladislai ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hoplotropites marii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Hoplotropites moffiti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hoplotropites senilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hoplotropites septentrionalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Margarites moffiti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Margarites senilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Margarites septentrionalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Margarites Mojsisovics, 1893 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tropitidae : Margarites |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1893 | Margarites Mojsisovics |
1929 | Hoplotropites Spath |
1951 | Hoplotropites Spath p. 90 |
1981 | Hoplotropites Tozer p. 98 |
1994 | Hoplotropites Tozer p. 219 |
2002 | Hoplotropites Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!