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Aspenites acutus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8595852https://www.gbif.org/species/8595852
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)169457https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=169457
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aspenitidae : Aspenites : Aspenites acutus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Aspenitidae : Aspenites : Aspenites acutus
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
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilySageceratoideaHyatt 1884
familyAspenitidaeSpath 1934
genusAspenitesHyatt and Smith 1905
speciesAspenites acutusHyatt & Smith 1905
Generic NameAspenites
Scientific NameAspenites acutus Hyatt & Smith, 1905
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aspenites acutusspeciesbelongs to Aspenitesstated with evidenceHyatt and Smith, 1905
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ceratitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Aspenites obtusus (Smith, 1932)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aspenitidae : Aspenites : Aspenites obtusus
Aspenites laevis Welter, 1922GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aspenitidae : Aspenites : Aspenites laevis
Hemiaspenites obtusus (Smith, 1932)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aspenitidae : Aspenites : Hemiaspenites obtusus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1905Aspenites acutus Hyatt and Smith p. 96 figs. Pl 2, figs 9-13; pl 3, figs 1-5
1922Aspenites laevis Welter
1932Aspenites obtusus Smith
1959Aspenites laevis Chao
1962Hemiaspenites obtusus Kummel and Steele p. 666 figs. Pl 99, fig 18
1962Aspenites acutus Kummel and Steele p. 692 figs. Pl 99, figs 16,17
1974Aspenites acutus Zhao and Wang p. 344 figs. Pl 180, figs 5,6
YearName and Author
1979Aspenites acutus Nichols and Silberling figs. Pl 1, figs ?10,?11,12-14,?15,?16
2008Aspenites acutus Brayard and Bucher p. 77 figs. Pl 42, figs 1-9
2010Aspenites acutus Brühwiler et al. p. 429 fig. 16.12,16.13
2012Aspenites acutus Brühwiler and Bucher p. 48 figs. Pl 26, figs 1,2
2013Aspenites acutus Brayard et al. p. 212 figs. 81a-j
2014Aspenites acutus Shigeta and Nguyen p. 136 fig. 97

References

Hyatt A., Smith J. P. (1905) The Triassic cephalopod genera of America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40, 1-394
Welter O. A. (1922) Die Ammoniten der Unteren Trias von Timor, Palaeontologie von Timor 11, 83-160
Kummel B., Steele G. (1962) Ammonites from the Meekoceras graciliatus zone at Crittenden Spring, Elk County, Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 36 4, 638-703
Zhao J. K., Wang Y. G. (1974) Triassic ammonoids, Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China, 344-351
Nichols K. M., Silberling N. J. (1979) Early Triassic (Smithian) ammonites of paleoequatorial affinity from the Chukitna Terrane, South-Central Alaska, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1121-B, 1-5
Brayard A., Bucher H. (2008) Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology, Fossils and Strata 55, 1-179
Brühwiler T., Bucher H., et al (2010) Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from Tulong, south Tibet, Geobios 43, 403-431
Brühwiler T., Bucher H. (2012) Systematic palaeontology, in Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from exotic blocks from Oman: taxonomy and biochronology, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 296, 3-107
Brayard A., Bylund K. G., et al (2013) Systematic paleontology, in Smithian ammonoid faunas from Utah: implications for Early Triassic biostratigraphy, correlation and basinal paleogeography, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 132
Shigeta Y., Nguyen H. D. (2014) Cephalopods, Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45, 65-167
Y. Shigeta, H. D. Nguyen (2014) Cephalopods: Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs: 65--167 - via Catalogue of Life
A. Brayard, H. Bucher (2008) Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology: Fossils and Strata: 1--179 - via Catalogue of Life
A. Hyatt, J. P. Smith (1905) The Triassic cephalopod genera of America: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper: 1--394 - via Catalogue of Life
B. Kummel, G. Steele (1962) Ammonites from the Meekoceras graciliatus zone at Crittenden Spring, Elk County, Nevada: Journal of Paleontology 4: 638--703 - via Catalogue of Life
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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