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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623253	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623253
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14400	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14400

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Sphingitidae : Sphingites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Sphingitidae : Sphingites

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	Sphingitidae	Arthaber 1911
genus	Sphingites	Mojsisovics 1879

Scientific Name

Sphingites Mojsisovics, 1879

Name Published In

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 13

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 235 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper 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
Sphingites bacchus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites bronni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites coangustatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites favrei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites meriani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites meyeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites pumilio ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites stoppanii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sphingites turcicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1879	Sphingites Mojsisovics
1951	Sphingites Spath p. 133
1981	Sphingites Tozer p. 95
2002	Sphingites 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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 13 - 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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