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Malayites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623266	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623266
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14222	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14222

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Juvavitidae : Malayites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Juvavitidae : Malayites

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	Tropitaceae	(Mojsisovics 1875)
family	Juvavitidae	Tozer 1971
genus	Malayites	Welter 1914

Scientific Name

Malayites Welter, 1914

Name Published In

Pal. Timor, 1, 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Malayites	subgenus	belongs to Juvavites	stated without evidence	McLearn, 1940
Malayites	genus	belongs to Haloritidae	stated with evidence	Spath, 1951
Malayites	genus	belongs to Juvavitinae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1981
Malayites	genus	belongs to Juvavitidae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1994
Malayites	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

216 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper 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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Heinrichites paulckei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Malayites bococki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Malayites dawsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	23	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Malayites grobbeni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Malayites informis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Malayites sundaicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Malayites tingriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1914	Malayites Welter
1921	Heinrichites Diener
1940	Juvavites (Malayites) McLearn
1951	Heinrichites Spath p. 107
1951	Malayites Spath p. 108
1981	Malayites Tozer p. 98
1994	Malayites Tozer p. 241
2002	Malayites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Spath L. F. (1951) , Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part V, The Ammonoidea of the Trias (II), 1-228

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

Pal. Timor, 1, 9 - 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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