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Lenotropites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4622736	https://www.gbif.org/species/4622736
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14213	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14213

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Longobarditidae : Lenotropites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Longobarditidae : Lenotropites

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	Danubitoidea
family	Longobarditidae	Spath 1951
subfamily	Groenlanditinae	Asserto 1966
genus	Lenotropites	Popov 1961

Scientific Name

Lenotropites Popov, 1961

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lenotropites	genus	belongs to Hungaritidae	stated with evidence	McLearn, 1969
Lenotropites	genus	belongs to Groenlanditinae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1981
Lenotropites	genus	belongs to Hungaritidae	stated without evidence	Vavilov and Arkadiev, 1986
Lenotropites	genus	belongs to Groenlanditinae	stated with evidence	Tozer, 1994
Lenotropites	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

242 - 237 Ma
Middle 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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lenotropites boskhoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites caurus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites debilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites ellesmerensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites karangatiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites qinghaiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites solitarius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Lenotropites tardus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites tricarinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lenotropites undulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1961	Lenotropites Popov
1969	Lenotropites McLearn p. 39
1981	Lenotropites Tozer p. 95
1986	Lenotropites Vavilov and Arkadiev p. 42
1994	Lenotropites Tozer p. 97
2002	Lenotropites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

McLearn F. H. (1969) Middle Triassic (Anisian) ammonoids from northeastern British Columbia and Ellesmere Island, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 170, 1-90

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

Vavilov M. N., Arkadiev V. V. (1986) Novye i redkie Ammonoidei srednego i pozdnego Triasa sredney Sibiri, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Sibirskoe Otlodenie, Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki 648, 38-47

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

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

Tozer, 1971 - 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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