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Gymnotropites ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tropitidae : Gymnotropites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Tropitidae : Gymnotropites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Gymnotropites Hyatt & Smith, 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv., No. 40, 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 232 - 209 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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Gymnotropites americanus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Gymnotropites californicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gymnotropites laevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gymnotropites rotundus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paratropites (Gymnotropites) californicus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Paratropites (Gymnotropites) laevis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Paratropites (Gymnotropites) rotundus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Paratropites californicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paratropites laevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paratropites rotundus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1905 | Gymnotropites Hyatt and Smith |
1905 | Paratropites (Gymnotropites) Hyatt and Smith p. 56 |
1927 | Paratropites (Gymnotropites) Smith |
1951 | Gymnotropites Spath p. 89 |
1981 | Gymnotropites Tozer p. 98 |
1994 | Gymnotropites Tozer p. 214 |
2002 | Gymnotropites 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!