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Passaloteuthis ✝
Description | Passaloteuthis is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaloteuthis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Passaloteuthis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Passaloteuthididae : Passaloteuthis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Passaloteuthis Lissajous, 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Mâcon, 1915(1): 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 191 - 183 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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaloteuthis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Passaloteuthis apicicurvata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis argillarum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis auricipitis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis bisulcata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis bruguieriana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis dayi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis elongata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis ima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis laevigata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis milleri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis ridgensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis seatownensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis stonebarroensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis westhaiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Passaloteuthis woottonensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Belemnum König, 1825 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnum |
Passalotheuthis Schneider, 1927 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Passalotheuthis |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1928 | Passaloteuthis Lang p. 198 |
2002 | Passaloteuthis Sepkoski, Jr. |
2014 | Passaloteuthis 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!