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Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites) matsumotoi ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	142330	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=142330

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : Yezoites : Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites) matsumotoi

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Scaphitoidea
family	Scaphitidae	Gill 1871
subfamily	Otoscaphitinae	Wright 1953
genus	Yezoites
subgenus	Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites)	Wiedmann 1965
species	Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites) matsumotoi	Tanabe 1977

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites) matsumotoi	species	belongs to Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites)	stated with evidence	Tanabe, 1977

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

minor ribbing (based on Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites) matsumotoi)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Tanabe. 1977. Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 21:11-22

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1977	Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites) matsumotoi Tanabe

Tanabe K. (1977) Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido, Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 21, 11-22

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!

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