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Aristoptychites

Description

Aristoptychites is an extinct genus of cephalopod from the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic belonging to the ammonoid subclass.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4622900https://www.gbif.org/species/4622900
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14044https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14044
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ptychitidae : Aristoptychites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Ptychitidae : Aristoptychites
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
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea
familyPtychitidaeMojsisovics 1882
genusAristoptychitesDiener 1916
Scientific NameAristoptychites Diener, 1916
Name Published InCentralbl., 1916
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aristoptychitesgenusbelongs to Ptychitidaestated with evidenceSpath, 1951
Aristoptychitesgenusbelongs to Ceratitidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance242 - 235 Ma
Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristoptychites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aristoptychites gerardi
species
listed (PBDB)
Aristoptychites kolymensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4242 Ma
Middle Triassic
242 Ma
Middle Triassic
Ptychites gerardi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1916Aristoptychites Diener
1951Aristoptychites Spath p. 150
1981Aristoptychites Tozer p. 94
2002Aristoptychites 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
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
Centralbl., 1916 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
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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