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Palaeophyllitidae ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Palaeophyllitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Phylloceratida : Palaeophyllitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Palaeophyllitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 247 - 222 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Phylloceratida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Phylloceratida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Goudemandites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Kamenushkaites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Leiophyllites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 138 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Mianwaliites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Palaeophyllites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Stenophyllites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Ussuriphyllites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1958 | Palaeophyllitidae Popov |
1994 | Palaeophyllitidae Tozer |
2014 | Palaeophyllitidae Shigeta and Nguyen p. 161 |
2016 | Palaeophyllitidae Ehiro et al. p. 99 |
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!