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Heraclites ✝
Description | Heraclitus of Ephesus (Greek: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, translit. Hērákleitos ho Ephésios; c. 535 – c. 475 BC, fl. 504/3 BC–501/0 BC) son of Bloson, was a pre-Socratic Ionian Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey and then part of the Persian Empire. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclites, 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 : Heraclitidae : Heraclites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Heraclitidae : Heraclites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Heraclites Mojsisovics, 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Verh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 13, 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 228 - 212 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ammonites robustus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Heraclites canadensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Heraclites robustus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Herachites Sollas, 1887 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Heraclitidae : Herachites |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1951 | Heraclites Spath p. 70 |
1981 | Heraclites Tozer p. 97 |
1994 | Heraclites Tozer p. 198 |
2002 | Heraclites 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!