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Angulithes ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Angulithes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Angulithes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Angulithes Montfort, 1808 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Conch., 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Angulithes aegyptiacus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Angulithes calvimontensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Angulithes cassinianus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Angulithes disculus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Angulithes eliotti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Angulithes fleuriausianus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Angulithes galea ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Angulithes mermeti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Angulithes palaeocenica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Angulithes rugatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Angulithes vascogoticus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Angulithes westphalicus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nautilus aegyptiacus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus calvimontensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus disculus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus fleuriausianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus galea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus mermeti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus rugatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautilus westphalicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1808 | Angulithes Montfort |
| 1965 | Angulithes Palmer and Brann p. 372 |
| 2017 | Angulithes Benzaggagh et al. p. 117 |
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!
