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Thambites ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627439https://www.gbif.org/species/4627439
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15721https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15721
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Thamboceratidae : Thambites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Thamboceratidae : Thambites
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
familyThamboceratidaeArkell 1952
genusThambitesArkell 1952
Scientific NameThambites Arkell, 1952
Name Published InPhil. Trans., 236B
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thambitesgenusbelongs to Thamboceratidaestated with evidenceArkell, 1952
Thambitesgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. J. Arkell. 1952. Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236:241-313

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Thambites avus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1168 Ma
Middle Jurassic		168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Thambites oxynotus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		6172 Ma
Middle Jurassic		168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Thambites planus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		17172 Ma
Middle Jurassic		168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Thambites Arkell p. 279
1957Thambites Arkell et al. p. 290
2002Thambites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Arkell W. J. (1952) Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236, 241-313
Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, 1-490
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Phil. Trans., 236B - 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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