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Plesiotexanites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625469	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625469
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	129645	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=129645

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Collignoniceratidae : Plesiotexanites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Plesiotexanites

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	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea
family	Collignoniceratidae	Wright and Wright 1951
subfamily	Texanitinae	Collignon 1948
genus	Plesiotexanites	Matsumoto 1970

Scientific Name

Plesiotexanites Matsumoto, 1970

Name Published In

Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. (Geol.) 20

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plesiotexanites	subgenus	belongs to Texanites	stated with evidence	Kennedy et al., 1973
Plesiotexanites	genus	belongs to Texanitinae	stated with evidence	Klinger and Kennedy, 1980
Plesiotexanites	genus	belongs to Texanitinae	stated without evidence	Riccardi, 1981

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1980. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. A new sextuberculate texanitid. Annals of the South African Museum 82(8):321-331

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Plesiotexanites (Eutexanites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Plesiotexanites sextuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plesiotexanites stangeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1970	Plesiotexanites Matsumoto
1973	Texanites (Plesiotexanites) Kennedy et al. p. 102
1980	Plesiotexanites Klinger and Kennedy p. 322
1981	Plesiotexanites Riccardi p. 5

References

Klinger H. C., Kennedy W. J. (1980) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. A new sextuberculate texanitid, Annals of the South African Museum 82 8, 321-331

Kennedy W. J., Kauffman E. G., et al (1973) Upper Cretaceous Invertebrate Faunas from Durban, South Africa, Geological Society of South Africa Transactions 76 2, 95-111

Riccardi A. C. (1981) An Upper Cretaceous ammonite and inoceramids from the Honna Formation, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Current Research, Part C 81 1C, 1-8

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

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

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

Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. (Geol.) 20 - 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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