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Almites ✝
| Description | Almites is a genus belonging to the Marathonitidae families. They are an extinct group of ammonoids, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Marathonitidae : Almites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Marathonitidae : Almites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Almites Toumanskaya, 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 304 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Goniatitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Almites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Almites dmitrievi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Almites gracilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Almites invariabilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Almites leveni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Almites multisulcatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Almites pavlovi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Almites pressulus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Almites reverendus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Almites sellardsi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Almites transitorius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Almites ventrosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1941 | Almites Toumansky |
| 1956 | Marathonites (Almites) Ruzhentsev p. 244 |
| 1989 | Almites Leonova p. 143 |
| 1990 | Almites Bogoslovskaya p. 71 |
| 2002 | Almites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Almites Korn |
| 2009 | Almites Furnish et al. p. 160 |
| 2017 | Almites Zhou p. 65 |
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!
