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Proptychites candidus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8687129https://www.gbif.org/species/8687129
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)166278https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=166278
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Proptychitidae : Proptychites : Proptychites candidus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Proptychitidae : Proptychites : Proptychites candidus
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
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusProptychitesWaagen 1895
speciesProptychites candidusTozer 1961
Generic NameProptychites
Scientific NameProptychites candidus Tozer, 1961
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Proptychites candidusspeciesbelongs to Proptychitesstated with evidenceTozer, 1961
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ceratitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. T. Tozer. 1961. Triassic stratigraphy and faunas, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 316:1-116

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Paranorites elegans Xu, 1988GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Proptychitidae : Proptychites : Paranorites elegans

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1961Proptychites candidus Tozer
1988Paranorites elegans Xu p. 448 figs. Pl 4, fig 4,5; text-fig 18
1994Proptychites candidus Tozer p. 61 figs. Pl 11, figs 4a,b,5; pl 12, figs 3a,b,4,5a,b
2007Proptychites candidus Zakharov and Mu p. 864 figs. 10.17, 10.18, 11.1
2008Proptychites candidus Brühwiler et al. p. 1162 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-2

References

Tozer E. T. (1961) Triassic stratigraphy and faunas, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 316, 1-116
Xu G. H. (1988) Early Triassic cephalopods from Lichuan, western Hubei, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 27, 437-456
Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663
Zakharov Y. D., Mu L. (2007) Systematic paleontology, in Early Induan (late Griesbachian) Cephalopods from the Daye Formation at Guiding, Guizhou Province, South China, Journal of Paleontology 81 5, 858-872
Brühwiler T., Brayard A., et al (2008) Griesbachian and Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi and southern Guizhou (south China), Palaeontology 51 5, 1151-1180
G. H. Xu (1988) Early Triassic cephalopods from Lichuan, western Hubei: Acta Palaeontologica Sinica: 437--456 - via Catalogue of Life
E. T. Tozer (1961) Triassic stratigraphy and faunas, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago: Geological Survey of Canada Memoir: 1--116 - via Catalogue of Life
T. Brühwiler, A. Brayard, H. Bucher, G. D. Kuang (2008) Griesbachian and Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi and southern Guizhou (south China): Palaeontology 5: 1151--1180 - 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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