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Knightites ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3245283https://www.gbif.org/species/3245283
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)8342https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8342
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Knightites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Knightites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontinaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyBellerophontoidea
familyBellerophontidaeM'Coy 1851
subfamilyKnightitinaeKnight 1956
genusKnightitesR.C.Moore 1941
Scientific NameKnightites R.C.Moore, 1941
Name Published InBull. State Geol. Surv. Kansas, 38 (4), 121
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Knightitesgenusbelongs to Knightitinaestated with evidenceKnight, 1956
Knightitesgenusbelongs to Bellerophontidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Knightitesgenusbelongs to Knightitinaestated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance359 - 354 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Motilityslow-moving (based on Bellerophontidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Bellerophontidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. C. Moore. 1941. Upper Pennsylvanian gastropods from Kansas. State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin 38(4):121-162

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Knightites bransoni ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2296 Ma
Permian		290 Ma
Permian
Knightites maximus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		9290 Ma
Permian		279 Ma
Permian
Knightites medius ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1290 Ma
Permian		290 Ma
Permian
Knightites multicornutus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1303 Ma
Carboniferous		303 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1941Knightites (Knightites) Moore
1941Knightites Moore pp. 149 – 153
1956Knightites Knight p. 42
1960Knightites (Knightites) Knight et al. p. I184
1960Knightites Knight et al. p. 184
2002Knightites Sepkoski, Jr.
2005Knightites Bouchet et al. pp. 95, 241

References

Moore R. C. (1941) Upper Pennsylvanian gastropods from Kansas, State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin 38 4, 121-162
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Bull. State Geol. Surv. Kansas, 38 (4), 121 - 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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