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Rhacophyllites ✝
| Description | Rhacophyllites is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the family Discophyllitidae. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, from Carnian to Rhaetian age. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophyllites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Discophyllitidae : Rhacophyllites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Phylloceratida : Discophyllitidae : Rhacophyllites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Rhacophyllites Zittel, 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Handb. Pal., Bd. 1 (2), 435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 197 - 190 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Phylloceratida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Phylloceratida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophyllites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Rhacophyllites alamitosensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhacophyllites debilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 40 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Rhacophyllites despectus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Rhacophyllites disputabile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhacophyllites invalidus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Rhacophyllites kavasensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Rhacophyllites pumilus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Rhacophyllites stella ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Rhacophyllites zitteli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Rhacophyllites Zittel |
| 1887 | Phylloceras (Rhacophyllites) De Stefani |
| 1911 | Triphyllites Julien |
| 1911 | Diphyllites Julien p. 129 |
| 1970 | Rhacophyllites Wiedmann p. 982 |
| 1981 | Rhacophyllites Tozer p. 100 |
| 1986 | Rhacophyllites Vavilov and Arkadiev p. 46 |
| 1994 | Rhacophyllites Tozer p. 271 |
| 2002 | Rhacophyllites Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
