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Prosphingites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4622939	https://www.gbif.org/species/4622939
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14352	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14352

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prosphingitidae : Prosphingites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Prosphingitidae : Prosphingites

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	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Megaphyllitoidea
family	Prosphingitidae	Zacharov 1978
genus	Prosphingites	Mojsisovics 1886

Scientific Name

Prosphingites Mojsisovics, 1886

Name Published In

Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, (7) 33, no. 6

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prosphingites	genus	belongs to Owenitidae	stated without evidence	Bychkov et al., 1976
Prosphingites	genus	belongs to Paranannitidae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1981
Prosphingites	genus	belongs to Prosphingitidae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1994
Prosphingites	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower 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)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prosphingites aequatorialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prosphingites arcticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prosphingites czekanowskii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Prosphingites globularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prosphingites helenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prosphingites karangatiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Prosphingites ovalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Prosphingites tenuis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Prosphingites vonderschmitti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1886	Prosphingites Mojsisovics
1976	Prosphingites Bychkov et al.
1981	Prosphingites Tozer p. 90
1994	Prosphingites Tozer p. 86
2002	Prosphingites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bychkov Yu. M., Dagys A. S., et al (1976) Atlas Triasovoj fauny i fory Severo-Vostoka SSSR [Atlas of Triassic fauna\r\nand flora from North-East USSR], 1-267

Tozer E. T. (1981) Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms, The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group, 66-100

Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, (7) 33, no. 6 - 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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