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Pseudoprosphingites ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Melagathiceratidae : Pseudoprosphingites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Melagathiceratidae : Pseudoprosphingites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pseudoprosphingites Shevyrev, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Tr Paleontol Inst 264 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. A. Shevyrev. 1995. Triassic ammonoids of the northwest Caucasus. Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 264:1-174 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pseudoprosphingites ali ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Pseudoprosphingites globosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Pseudoprosphingites insularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pseudoprosphingites lolouensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Pseudoprosphingites subglobosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1995 | Pseudoprosphingites Shevyrev p. 50 |
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!