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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623136	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623136
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14427	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14427

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tirolites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Tirolitidae : Tirolites

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	Dinaritoidea
family	Tirolitidae
genus	Tirolites	Mojsisovics 1879

Scientific Name

Tirolites Mojsisovics, 1879

Name Published In

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 1879, no. 7

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tirolites	genus	belongs to Tirolitinae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1981
Tirolites	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Tirolites	genus	belongs to Tirolitidae	stated with evidence	Shigeta and Nguyen, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic

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
Tirolites bispinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tirolites carniolicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites cassianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites evolutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites harti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites idrianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites jiangsuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites knighti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tirolites latiumbilicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites longilobatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites meridianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites opiparus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites pealei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tirolites smithi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites ussuriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Visovacites Golubic, 2008	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : *Visovacites*
Tyrolites Waagen, 1879	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : *Tyrolites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1879	Tirolites Mojsisovics
1903	Hololobus Kittl
1981	Tirolites Tozer p. 91
2002	Tirolites Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Tirolites Shigeta and Nguyen p. 141
2016	Tirolites Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva p. 230
2019	Tirolites Brayard et al. p. 19

References

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

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

Shigeta Y., Nguyen H. D. (2014) Cephalopods, Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45, 65-167

Zakharov Y. D., Smyshlyaeva O. P. (2016) New middle Olenekian (Early Triassic) ammonoids of South Primorye, Paleontological Journal 50, 229-238

Brayard A., Jenks J. F., et al (2019) Ammonoids and nautiloids from the earliest Spathian Paris Biota and other early Spathian localities in southeastern Idaho, USA, Geobios 54, 13-36

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 1879, no. 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dolomit-Riffe Südtirol Venet. - 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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