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Clypites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4618425https://www.gbif.org/species/4618425
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)169208https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=169208
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hedenstroemiidae : Clypites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Hedenstroemiidae : Clypites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilySageceratoideaHyatt 1884
familyHedenstroemiidaeWaagen 1895
genusClypitesWaagen 1895
Scientific NameClypites Waagen, 1895
Name Published InPal. Ind., (13) 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Clypitesgenusbelongs to Hedenstroemiidaestated with evidenceBrayard and Bucher, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ceratitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Clypites evolvens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2252 Ma
Permian
252 Ma
Permian
Clypites kingianus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1252 Ma
Permian
252 Ma
Permian
Clypites tenuis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Clypites typicus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5252 Ma
Permian
252 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Clypites Waagen p. 142
2008Clypites Brayard and Bucher p. 72

References

Waagen W. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation, Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2 1, 1-323
Brayard A., Bucher H. (2008) Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology, Fossils and Strata 55, 1-179
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Pal. Ind., (13) 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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