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Lewyites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627399	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627399
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15114	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15114

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Diplomoceratidae : Lewyites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Diplomoceratidae : Lewyites

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	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Turrilitoidea
family	Diplomoceratidae	Spath 1926
subfamily	Diplomoceratinae	Spath 1926
genus	Lewyites	Matsumoto & Miyauchi 1984

Scientific Name

Lewyites Matsumoto & Miyauchi, 1984

Name Published In

Special Pap. Palaeont. Soc. Japan No. 27

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lewyites	genus	belongs to Diplomoceratinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy and Cobban, 1993
Lewyites	genus	belongs to Polyptychoceratinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy, 2000
Lewyites	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lewyites	genus	belongs to Diplomoceratinae	stated with evidence	Niebuhr et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lewyites ambindense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lewyites circularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lewyites elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lewyites oronensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lewyites sulcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1993	Lewyites Kennedy and Cobban p. 424
1995	Lewyites Kennedy p. 247
2000	Lewyites Kennedy p. 471
2000	Lewyites Kennedy et al. p. 16
2002	Lewyites Sepkoski, Jr.
2016	Lewyites Niebuhr et al. p. 218

References

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

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1993) Ammonites from the Saratoga Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), Arkansas, Journal of Paleontology 67 3, 404-434

Kennedy W. J. (1995) Maastrichtian ammonites from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 51, 241-250

Kennedy W. J. (2000) Systematic paleontology, in Upper Campanian (Cretaceous) ammonites from the Shinarish Formation, Djebel Sinjar, northwest Iraq, Journal of Paleontology 74 3, 464-473

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (2000) Heteromorph ammonites from the Upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Baculites cuneatus and Baculites reesidei zones of the Pierre Shale in Colorado, USA, Acta Geologica Polonica 50, 1-20

Niebuhr B., Taherpour Khalil Abad M., et al (2016) First record of late Campanian ammonites from the Abderaz Formation of the Koppeh Dagh, northeastern Iran, Cretaceous Research 58, 202-222

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

Special Pap. Palaeont. Soc. Japan No. 27 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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