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Shastites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)251799https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=251799
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Sandlingitidae : Shastites
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familySandlingitidaeTozer 1971
genusShastitesHyatt and Smith 1905
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Shastitessubgenusbelongs to Clionitesstated with evidenceHyatt and Smith, 1905
Shastitessubgenusbelongs to Traskitesstated with evidenceSpath, 1951
Shastitesgenusbelongs to Sandlingitidaestated with evidenceTozer, 1994
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance232 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper 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

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Clionites (Shastites) compactus
species
listed (PBDB)1232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Clionites (Shastites) compressus
species
listed (PBDB)1232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Clionites (Shastites) whitneyi
species
listed (PBDB)2237 Ma
Middle Triassic
232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Shastites vulcanus
species
listed (PBDB)3237 Ma
Middle Triassic
232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1905Clionites (Shastites) Hyatt and Smith p. 188
1951Traskites (Shastites) Spath p. 51
1994Shastites Tozer p. 178

References

Hyatt A., Smith J. P. (1905) The Triassic cephalopod genera of America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40, 1-394
Spath L. F. (1951) , Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part V, The Ammonoidea of the Trias (II), 1-228
Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663
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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