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Orthosphinctes ✝

Description

Orthosphinctes is a genus of ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida family Ataxioceratidae.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthosphinctes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626110https://www.gbif.org/species/4626110
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15292https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15292
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ataxioceratidae : Orthosphinctes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Ataxioceratidae : Orthosphinctes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyAtaxioceratinaeBuckman 1921
genusOrthosphinctesSchindewolf 1925
Scientific NameOrthosphinctes Schindewolf, 1925
Name Published InNeues Jahrb. Min., Beil.-Band. 52(B): 2, 324
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Orthosphinctesgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Orthosphinctesgenusbelongs to Ataxioceratinaestated with evidenceParent, 2006
Orthosphinctesgenusbelongs to Ataxioceratidaestated without evidenceParent et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance156 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthosphinctes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Orthosphinctes (Orthosphinctes) ✝
subgenus		listed (PBDB)29164 Ma
Middle Jurassic		156 Ma
Jurassic
Orthosphinctes (Pseudorthosphinctes) ✝
subgenus		listed (PBDB)9161 Ma
Jurassic		156 Ma
Jurassic
Orthosphinctes ariniensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5161 Ma
Jurassic		161 Ma
Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1925Orthosphinctes Schindewolf
2002Orthosphinctes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Orthosphinctes Parent p. 49
2012Orthosphinctes Parent et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Parent H. (2006) Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America), Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76 1-2, 1-70
Parent H., Melendez G., et al (2012) Oxfordian ammonites from Rostam Kola, northern East Alborz, North Iran, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 263 2, 133-142
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 504 Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Planites de Haan, 1825 (class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 18(6), 141-156 (1958) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR Service - 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
N. Jahrb., Beil. Bd. 52, (B) 2 - 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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