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Hellenitidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8652199https://www.gbif.org/species/8652199
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)100765https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=100765
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hellenitidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Hellenitidae
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
superfamilyDinaritoidea
familyHellenitidaeKummel 1952
Scientific NameHellenitidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hellenitidaefamilysubjective synonym of Columbitidaestated with evidenceTozer, 1981
Hellenitidaefamilybelongs to Dinaritoideastated with evidenceEhiro et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
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)E. T. Tozer. 1981. Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms. The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hellenites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
39251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Hellenitidae Kummel
2016Hellenitidae Ehiro et al. p. 97

References

Tozer E. T. (1981) Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms, The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group, 66-100
Ehiro M., Sasaki O., et al (2016) Ammonoid fauna of the upper Olenekian Osawa Formation in the Utatsu area, South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan, Paleontological Research 20, 90-104
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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