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Pseudaspidites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626221	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626221
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14359	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14359

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Proptychitidae : Pseudaspidites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Proptychitidae : Pseudaspidites

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	Meekoceratoidea	Waagen 1895
family	Proptychitidae	Waagen 1895
genus	Pseudaspidites	Spath 1934

Scientific Name

Pseudaspidites Spath, 1934

Name Published In

Cat. Foss. Ceph. Brit. Mus., 41, 141

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudaspidites	genus	belongs to Paranoritidae	stated with evidence	Kummel and Steele, 1962
Pseudaspidites	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudaspidites	genus	belongs to Proptychitidae	stated with evidence	Brühwiler and Bucher, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower 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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pseudaspidites muthianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		47	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudaspidites planus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudaspidites popovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudaspidites praecursor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudaspidites silberlingi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudaspidites wheeleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1934	Pseudaspidites Spath
1962	Pseudaspidites Kummel and Steele p. 673
2002	Pseudaspidites Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Pseudaspidites Brühwiler and Bucher p. 17
2014	Pseudaspidites Shigeta and Nguyen p. 78

References

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

Kummel B., Steele G. (1962) Ammonites from the Meekoceras graciliatus zone at Crittenden Spring, Elk County, Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 36 4, 638-703

Brühwiler T., Bucher H. (2012) Systematic palaeontology, in Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from exotic blocks from Oman: taxonomy and biochronology, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 296, 3-107

Shigeta Y., Nguyen H. D. (2014) Cephalopods, Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45, 65-167

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

Cat. Foss. Ceph. Brit. Mus., 41, 141 - 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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