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Otohoplites ✝
| Description | Otohoplites is a genus of ammonite that lived in the Early Albian and whose fossils were found in Svalbard, Denmark, England, France, Austria, Poland, Russia and Kazakhstan. It has evolved from Hemisonneratia and gave rise to genus Hoplites. Shells belonging to this genera are rather inflated to compressed and have zigzaging, or looped ribs that ends in oblique ventrolateral clavi. Usually, ribs are zigzaging through venter. Macroconchs have smooth body chamber and rounded venter. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otohoplites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hoplitidae : Otohoplites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Hoplitidae : Otohoplites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Otohoplites Steinmann, 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Z. Indukt. Abstamm- u. VererbLehre, 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 109 - 101 Ma Early/Lower 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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otohoplites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Otohoplites auritiformes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Otohoplites glyphus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Otohoplites guersanti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Otohoplites raulinianus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1925 | Otohoplites Steinmann |
| 1970 | Otohoplites Nagy p. 32 |
| 1980 | Otohoplites Kennedy et al. p. 229 |
| 1981 | Otohoplites Kennedy et al. p. 229 |
| 1996 | Otohoplites Wright et al. p. 117 |
| 2002 | Otohoplites Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!
