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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4571746	https://www.gbif.org/species/4571746
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14375	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14375

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Trachyceratidae : Pterosirenites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Trachyceratidae : Pterosirenites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Trachyceratoidea
family	Trachyceratidae	Haug 1894
subfamily	Sirenitinae	Tozer 1971
genus	Pterosirenites	Tozer 1980

Scientific Name

Pterosirenites Tozer, 1980

Name Published In

Geol Surv Can Pap 80 (1A)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pterosirenites	genus	belongs to Sirenitinae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1980
Pterosirenites	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ceratitida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ceratitida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ceratitida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. T. Tozer. 1980. New genera of Triassic Ammonoidea. Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 80-1A:107-113

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pterosirenites auritus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pterosirenites nelgehensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pterosirenites obrucevi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pterosirenites seimkanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1980	Pterosirenites Tozer p. 110
1981	Pterosirenites Tozer p. 96
1994	Pterosirenites Tozer p. 172
2002	Pterosirenites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Tozer E. T. (1980) New genera of Triassic Ammonoidea, Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 80-1A, 107-113

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

Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

Geol Surv Can Pap 80 (1A) - 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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