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Cyclolituites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4622059https://www.gbif.org/species/4622059
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)12486https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12486
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Lituitidae : Cyclolituites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthocerida : Lituitidae : Cyclolituites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
suborderLituitina
familyLituitidaePhilips 1848
genusCyclolituitesRemelé 1886
Scientific NameCyclolituites Remelé, 1886
Name Published InZ. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 38
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cyclolituitesgenusbelongs to Trocholitidaestated with evidenceUlrich et al., 1942
Cyclolituitesgenusbelongs to Lituitidaestated with evidenceSweet, 1958
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Orthocerida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Orthocerida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Lituitina)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Lituitina)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cyclolituites americanus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1478 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
478 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Cyclolituites applanatus
species
listed (PBDB)
Cyclolituites kjerulfi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Cyclolituites lynnensis
species
listed (PBDB)2464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Lituites applanatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Lituites lynnensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1886Cyclolituites Remelé
1942Cyclolituites Ulrich et al.
1958Cyclolituites Sweet
1964Cyclolituites Teichert et al. p. 366

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Ulrich E. O., Foerste A. F., et al (1942) Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, Part I: Nautilicones, Geological Society of America Special Papers 37, 1-157
Sweet W. C. (1958) The middle ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway 10. Nautiloid Cephalopods, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 38, 1-178
Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519
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
Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 38 - 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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