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Aspenitidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4622771https://www.gbif.org/species/4622771
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)86659https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86659
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aspenitidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Aspenitidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilySageceratoideaHyatt 1884
familyAspenitidaeSpath 1934
Scientific NameAspenitidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aspenitidaefamilybelongs to Sagecerataceaestated without evidenceTozer, 1981
Aspenitidaefamilybelongs to Sageceratoideastated with evidenceShigeta and Nguyen, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
First Recorded Appearance252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ceratitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. T. Tozer. 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aspenites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
79252 Ma
Permian
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Beatites
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Pseudaspenites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
39252 Ma
Permian
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Ussuriaspenites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1934Aspenitidae Spath
1981Aspenitidae Tozer p. 91
2014Aspenitidae Shigeta and Nguyen p. 136

References

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
Shigeta Y., Nguyen H. D. (2014) Cephalopods, Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45, 65-167
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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