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Pharkidonotus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606893	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606893
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8360	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8360

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Pharkidonotus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Pharkidonotus

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	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea
family	Bellerophontidae	M'Coy 1851
subfamily	Bellerophontinae	M'Coy 1851
genus	Pharkidonotus	Girty 1912

Scientific Name

Pharkidonotus Girty, 1912

Name Published In

Ann. N. York Acad. Sci., 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pharkidonotus	subgenus	belongs to Bellerophon	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Pharkidonotus	genus	belongs to Bellerophontida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pharkidonotus	genus	belongs to Bellerophontinae	stated with evidence	Nützel and Ketwetsuriya, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

slow-moving (based on Bellerophontidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Bellerophontidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bellerophon acutocarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon altitropis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon breyeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon harrodi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon khairliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon labioreflexus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	314 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Bellerophon percarinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	315 Ma Carboniferous	303 Ma Carboniferous
Bellerophon westi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pharkidonotus acutocarinatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	315 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Pharkidonotus altitropis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pharkidonotus bendensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pharkidonotus breyeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	314 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Pharkidonotus harrodi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	314 Ma Carboniferous	306 Ma Carboniferous
Pharkidonotus khairliensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	279 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pharkidonotus khaonoiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pharkidonotus magnus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pharkidonotus megalius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	315 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Pharkidonotus westi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pharcidonotus Cossmann, 1913	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : *Pharcidonotus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1912	Pharkidonotus Girty
1960	Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) Knight et al. p. 181 fig. 102.5
2002	Pharkidonotus Sepkoski, Jr.
2016	Pharkidonotus Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 486
2017	Pharkidonotus Wagner p. G1050

References

Girty G. H. (1912) On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21 2, 119-156

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

Nützel A., Ketwetsuriya C. (2016) Systematic palaeontology, in Permian gastropods from the Tak Fa Limestone, Nakhon Sawan, northern Thailand, Bulletin of Geosciences 91, 481-513

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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

Ann. N. York Acad. Sci., 21 - 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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