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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4622791	https://www.gbif.org/species/4622791
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14439	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14439

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Proteusitidae : Tropigastrites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Proteusitidae : Tropigastrites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Nathorstitaceae	Spath 1951
family	Proteusitidae	Spath 1951
genus	Tropigastrites	Smith 1914

Scientific Name

Tropigastrites Smith, 1914

Name Published In

Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., No. 83, 12

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tropigastrites	genus	belongs to Tropitidae	stated with evidence	Smith, 1927
Tropigastrites	genus	belongs to Celtitidae	stated with evidence	Spath, 1951
Tropigastrites	genus	belongs to Proteusitidae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1981
Tropigastrites	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

242 - 235 Ma
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. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Tropigastrites costatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tropigastrites lahontanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tropigastrites louderbacki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tropidogastrites Lemoine, 1915	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Proteusitidae : *Tropidogastrites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1914	Tropigastrites Smith p. 25
1927	Tropigastrites Smith
1951	Tropigastrites Spath p. 98
1981	Tropigastrites Tozer p. 95
1994	Tropigastrites Tozer p. 137
2002	Tropigastrites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Smith J. P. (1914) The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83, 1-254

Smith J. P. (1927) Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141, 1-262

Spath L. F. (1951) , Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part V, The Ammonoidea of the Trias (II), 1-228

Tozer E. T. (1981) Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms, The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group, 66-100

Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., No. 83, 12 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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