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Parahoplites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4621068	https://www.gbif.org/species/4621068
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15336	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15336

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Parahoplitidae : Parahoplites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Parahoplitidae : Parahoplites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

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	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Deshayesitoidea
family	Parahoplitidae	Spath 1922
subfamily	Parahoplitinae	Spath 1922
genus	Parahoplites	Anthula 1899

Scientific Name

Parahoplites Anthula, 1899

Name Published In

Beitr. Pal. Oesterr.-Ung., 12

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Parahoplites	subgenus	belongs to Acanthoceras	stated with evidence	Kilian, 1902
Parahoplites	genus	belongs to Parahoplitinae	stated with evidence	Stoyanow, 1949
Parahoplites	genus	belongs to Parahoplitidae	stated with evidence	Benavides-Caceres, 1956
Parahoplites	genus	belongs to Parahoplitinae	stated with evidence	Perez et al., 1990
Parahoplites	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Parahoplites	genus	belongs to Parahoplitinae	stated with evidence	Lehmann et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

112 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Parahoplites codazziana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parahoplites dufrenoyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parahoplites furcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parahoplites irregularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Parahoplites justinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parahoplites melchioris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Parahoplites milletianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parahoplites multicostatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Parahoplites nutfieldiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		13	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Parahoplites thomasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parahoplites transitans ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1899	Parahoplites Anthula
1902	Acanthoceras (Parahoplites) Kilian p. 465
1949	Parahoplites Stoyanow p. 99
1956	Parahoplites Benavides-Caceres p. 440
1990	Parahoplites Perez et al. p. 155
2002	Parahoplites Sepkoski, Jr.
2019	Parahoplites Lehmann et al. p. 221

References

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

Stoyanow A. (1949) Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in southeastern Arizona, Geological Society of America Memoir 38, 1-156

Benavides-Caceres V.E. (1956) Cretaceous system in northern Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108 4, 1-493

Perez E., Cooper M.R., et al (1990) Aptian ammonite-based age for the Pabellon Formation, Atacama region, northern Chile, Revista Geologica de Chile 17 2, 181-185

Lehmann J., Mosavinia A., et al (2019) Parahoplitid ammonites and narrowing down the Aptian/Albian boundary interval in northern Iran, Cretaceous Research 94, 207-228

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

Beitr. Pal. Oesterr.-Ung., 12 - 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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