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Paraulacosphinctes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4620336	https://www.gbif.org/species/4620336
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	332535	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=332535

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ataxioceratidae : Paraulacosphinctes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Ataxioceratidae : Paraulacosphinctes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Ataxioceratidae	Buckman 1921
subfamily	Paraulacosphinctinae	Tavera 1985
genus	Paraulacosphinctes	Schindewolf 1925

Scientific Name

Paraulacosphinctes Schindewolf, 1925

Name Published In

N. Jahrb. Min., Beil. Bd., 52 (B) 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paraulacosphinctes	genus	belongs to Perisphinctidae	stated with evidence	Arkadiev, 2011
Paraulacosphinctes	genus	belongs to Lithacoceratinae	stated with evidence	Bulot et al., 2014
Paraulacosphinctes	genus	belongs to Paraulacosphinctinae	stated with evidence	Vasicek and Skupien, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. G. Bulot, C. Frau, and W. A. P. Wimbledon. 2014. New and poorly known Perisphinctoidea (Ammonitina) from the Upper Tithonian of Le Chouet (Drôme, SE France). Volumina Jurassica 12:113-128

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Paraulacosphinctes senex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Paraulacosphinctes senoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Paraulacosphinctes transitorius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1925	Paraulacosphinctes Schindewolf
2011	Paraulacosphinctes Arkadiev p. 240
2014	Paraulacosphinctes Bulot et al. p. 116
2016	Paraulacosphinctes Vasicek and Skupien p. 19

References

Bulot L. G., Frau C., et al (2014) New and poorly known Perisphinctoidea (Ammonitina) from the Upper Tithonian of Le Chouet (Drôme, SE France), Volumina Jurassica 12, 113-128

Arkadiev V. V. (2011) New data on ammonoids of the genus Paraulacosphinctes from the Upper Tithonian of the Mountainous Crimea, Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 19, 238-242

Vasicek Z., Skupien P. (2016) Tithonian-early Berriasian perisphinctoid ammonites from the Stramberk Limestone at Kotouc Quarry near Stramberk, Outer Western Carpathians (Czech Republic), Cretaceous Research 64, 12-29

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

N. Jahrb. Min., Beil. Bd., 52 (B) 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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