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Ammonellipsites ✝
Description | Ammonellipsites is a genus belonging to the Ammonellipsitinae subfamily. 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/Ammonellipsites, 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 : Ammonoidea : Pericyclidae : Ammonellipsites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Pericyclidae : Ammonellipsites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ammonellipsites Parkinson, 1822 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Introd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Ammonellipsites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ammonellipsites asiaticus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ammonellipsites clitheroensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ammonellipsites djaprakensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ammonellipsites doohylensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ammonellipsites multicostatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ammonellipsites polaris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ammonellipsites princeps ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ammonellipsites serus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Ammonelliptites Reichenbach, 1828 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pericyclidae : Ammonelliptites |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1822 | Ammonellipsites Parkinson |
2002 | Ammonellipsites Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Ammonellipsites Korn |
2009 | Ammonellipsites Furnish et al. p. 28 |
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!