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Witchellia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626588	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626588
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15810	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15810

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Sonniniidae : Witchellia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Sonniniidae : Witchellia

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	Hildoceratoidea
family	Sonniniidae	Buckman 1892
subfamily	Witchelliinae	Callomon and Chandler 2006
genus	Witchellia	Buckman 1889

Scientific Name

Witchellia Buckman, 1889

Name Published In

Monogr. Inf. Oolite Amm. Brit. Isles (Pal. Soc. Monogr.), 3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Witchellia	genus	belongs to Sonniniidae	stated with evidence	Westermann, 1969
Witchellia	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Witchellia	genus	belongs to Witchelliinae	stated with evidence	Howarth, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

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)

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
Pelekodites (Spatulites) spatians ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pelekodites pelekus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Witchellia adnata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Witchellia australica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Witchellia crassifalcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Witchellia evoluta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Witchellia pelekus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Witchellia pseudoromanoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Witchellia spatians species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Witchellia sutneroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1922	Zugophorites Buckman
1923	Pelekodites Buckman
1924	Hyalinites Buckman
1925	Gelasinites Buckman
1926	Anolkoleiites Buckman
1926	Rubrileiites Buckman
1927	Zugella Buckman

Year	Name and Author
1928	Maceratites Buckman
1928	Spatulites Buckman
1969	Witchellia Westermann p. 108
1969	Pelekodites Westermann p. 126
1969	Pelekodites (Spatulites) Westermann p. 127
2002	Witchellia Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Witchellia Howarth p. 121

References

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

Westermann G. E. G. (1969) The ammonite fauna of the Kialagvik Formation at Wide Bay, Alaska Peninsula. Part II. Sonninia sowerbyi zone (Bajocian), Bulletins of American Paleontology 57, 1-226

Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Monogr. Inf. Oolite Amm. Brit. Isles (Pal. Soc. Monogr.), 3 - 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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