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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623296	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623296
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14249	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14249

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Nathorstitidae : Nathorstites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Nathorstitidae : Nathorstites

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	Nathorstitaceae	Spath 1951
family	Nathorstitidae	Spath 1951
genus	Nathorstites	Böhm 1904

Scientific Name

Nathorstites Böhm, 1904

Name Published In

K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., (N. S.) 37, no. 3

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

235 - 228 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
Nathorstites alaskanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Nathorstites argatussensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Nathorstites gibbosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Nathorstites lindstroemi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Nathorstites macconnelli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	32	242 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Nathorstites maclearni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Nathorstites sublenticularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Nathorstites tenuis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	242 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Paraindigirites Popov, 1947	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Nathorstitidae : *Paraindigirites*
Metasphingites Popov, 1961	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Nathorstitidae : *Metasphingites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1903	Nathorstites Boehm
1951	Nathorstites Spath p. 141
1981	Nathorstites Tozer p. 95
1994	Nathorstites Tozer p. 140
2002	Nathorstites 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

Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663

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

Tozer, 1971 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., (N. S.) 37, no. 3 - 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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