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Tirolitidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Tirolitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 247 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | Y. Shigeta and H. D. Nguyen. 2014. Cephalopods. In Y. Shigeta, T. Komatsu, T. Maekawa, H. T. Dang (eds.), Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45:65-167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dorikranites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 252 Ma Permian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Tirolites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 116 | 252 Ma Permian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1882 | Tirolitinae Mojsisovics |
| 1981 | Tirolitinae Tozer p. 91 |
| 2014 | Tirolitidae Shigeta and Nguyen p. 141 |
| 2019 | Tirolitidae Brayard et al. p. 19 |
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!
