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Thisbitidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Thisbitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Thisbitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Thisbitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 239 - 228 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 222 - 209 Ma Late/Upper 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) | L. F. Spath. 1951. Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part V, The Ammonoidea of the Trias (II) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Daphnites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Glyphidites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hadrothisbites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Jellinekites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Metathisbites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Mojsisovicsites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Siculites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stikinoceras ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 239 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Thisbites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Tropithisbites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 239 Ma Middle Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1951 | Thisbitidae Spath p. 79 |
| 1981 | Thisbitidae Tozer |
| 1994 | Thisbitidae Tozer p. 229 |
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!
