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Leptosphinctes ✝
| Description | Leptosphinctes is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil cephalopods, the ammonites. It lived during the Jurassic Period, which lasted from approximately 200 to 145 million years ago. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptosphinctes, 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 : Perisphinctidae : Leptosphinctes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Perisphinctidae : Leptosphinctes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Leptosphinctes Buckman, 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Type Ammonites, 3, pt. 22, pl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Leptosphinctes |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Leptosphinctes chaudonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes cliffensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes coronarius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes delicatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes densicostatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes evolutus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes festonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes hodicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes jaworskii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes killertalensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes leptus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes perspicuus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes pygmaeum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptosphinctes schmiereri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Leptosphinctes tabernai ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Leptosphinctes tenuiplicatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Leptosphinctes umbilicatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Glyptosphinctes Buckman, 1925 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perisphinctidae : Glyptosphinctes |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1925 | Glyptosphinctes Buckman |
| 1925 | Spathia Schindewolf |
| 1956 | Kubanoceras Kakadze and Zesashvili |
| 1986 | Leptosphinctes Sandoval and Westermann p. 1265 |
| 1993 | Leptosphinctes Besnosov and Mitta p. 90 |
| 2002 | Leptosphinctes Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2010 | Leptosphinctes Zato? p. 131 |
| 2012 | Leptosphinctes Galacz p. 288 |
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!
