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Tissotia ✝
Description | Tissotia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Tissotiidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissotia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tissotiidae : Tissotia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Tissotiidae : Tissotia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Tissotia Douvillé, 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Tissotia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Tissotia andii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia auressensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia compressa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia djelfensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia ewaldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia ficheuri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia fourneli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Tissotia grossouvrei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia halli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Tissotia hedbergi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Tissotia itierianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia obesa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia reesideana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia rocheni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia singewaldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia steinmanni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Tissotia stephensoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia thomasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia tissoti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia tunisiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tissotia waltheri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1890 | Tissotia Douvillé |
1956 | Tissotia Benavides-Caceres p. 479 |
2002 | Tissotia 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!