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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4622830	https://www.gbif.org/species/4622830
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14404	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14404

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Arcestidae : Stenarcestes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Arcestidae : Stenarcestes

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	Arcestoidea
family	Arcestidae	Mojsisovics 1875
genus	Stenarcestes	Mojsisovics 1895

Scientific Name

Stenarcestes Mojsisovics, 1895

Name Published In

C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 121

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stenarcestes	genus	belongs to Arcestidae	stated with evidence	Spath, 1951
Stenarcestes	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Stenarcestes	genus	belongs to Arcestidae	stated with evidence	Krystyn et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

235 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

206 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

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
Stenarcestes diogenis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenarcestes julicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenarcestes leiostracus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenarcestes orbis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenarcestes peribothrus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenarcestes polysphinctus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenarcestes ptychodes ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenarcestes subumbilicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sternocestes Gregorio, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Arcestidae : *Sternocestes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1896	Stenarcestes Mojsisovics
1951	Stenarcestes Spath p. 128
1981	Stenarcestes Tozer p. 95
2002	Stenarcestes Sepkoski, Jr.
2019	Stenarcestes Krystyn et al. p. 243

References

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

Spath L. F. (1951) , Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part V, The Ammonoidea of the Trias (II), 1-228

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

Krystyn L., Balini M., et al (2019) Norian ammonoids from the Nayband Formation (Iran) and their bearing on Late Triassic sedimentary and geodynamic history of the Iran Plate, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125 1, 231-248

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

C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 121 - 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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