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Otoites

Description

Otoites is the type genus of the ammonite family Otoitidae that live during the Middle Jurassic.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626964https://www.gbif.org/species/4626964
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15295https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15295
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Otoitidae : Otoites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Otoitidae : Otoites
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
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea
familyOtoitidaeMascke 1907
genusOtoitesMascke 1906
Scientific NameOtoites Mascke, 1906
Name Published InStephanoceras-Verw., 20, 23
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Otoitesgenusbelongs to Otoitidaestated with evidenceArkell et al., 1957
Otoitesgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance172 - 168 Ma
Middle 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/Otoites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Otoites antipodus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Otoites australis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Otoites filicostatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Otoites reesidei
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Otoites woodwardi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
172 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1957Otoites Arkell et al. p. 287
2002Otoites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, 1-490
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
Stephanoceras-Verw., 20, 23 - 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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