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Description

Arcestes is a genus of extinct ceratitid ammonites found in Triassic-aged marine strata.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcestes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4622833	https://www.gbif.org/species/4622833
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14031	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14031

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Arcestidae : Arcestes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Arcestidae : Arcestes

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	Arcestes	Suess 1865

Scientific Name

Arcestes Suess, 1865

Name Published In

S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Cl., 52, Abt. 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Arcestes	genus	belongs to Arcestidae	stated with evidence	Spath, 1951
Arcestes	genus	belongs to Ceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcestes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Arcestes (Pararcestes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		15	237 Ma Middle Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes acutegaleatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes acutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes agnatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes andersoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes angustatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes antonii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes aspidostomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes biceps ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes bicornis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes boeckhi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Arcestes bufo ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes cheilostomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes ciceronis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes clausus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes colonus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes compressus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes conjugens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes cylindroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes czoernigi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes decipiens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes dicerus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes didymus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes dimidiatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes diphyus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes distinctus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes esinensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Arcestes evolutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes galeiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Arcestes genuflexus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes gibbus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Arcestes gigantogaleatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes holostomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes hypocyrtus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes inflatogaleatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes intuslabiatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes kockeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes leptomorphus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes lipoldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes megalosomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes megaphyllus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Arcestes microcephalus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes monachus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes monocerus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes muensteri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Arcestes nannodes ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes obtusegaleatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes oligosarcus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes ooides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes opertus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes oxycephalus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes oxystomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes pachystomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes pannonicus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Arcestes parvogaleatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes periolcus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes placenta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes platystomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes polycaulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes polysarcus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes probletostomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes pseudogaleatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes pugillaris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes rhaeticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes richthofeni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes rota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes rotundatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes seimkanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes semistriatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes simostomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes simplex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes sisyphus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes stenostomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes sturi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes subdistinctus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes sublabiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcestes subsimplex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes subtridentinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Arcestes syngonus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes tacitus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes taramellianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Arcestes tenuis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes tomostomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Arcestes tridentinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Arcestes trompianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Arcestes ventricosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Arcestes zitteli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1865	Arcestes Suess
1951	Arcestes Spath p. 126
1971	Arcestes Astakhova p. 71
1981	Arcestes Tozer
2002	Arcestes Sepkoski, Jr.

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

Astakhova T. V. (1971) , Triasovi Dvostulkovi i Golovonogi Molyuski Krimu, 1-110

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

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Cl., 52, Abt. 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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