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Pseudoclymenia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624102	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624102
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13853	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13853

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pseudoclymeniidae : Pseudoclymenia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Pseudoclymeniidae : Pseudoclymenia

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	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Tornoceratina	Wedekind 1918
superfamily	Tornocerataceae	Arthaber 1911
family	Pseudoclymeniidae	Becker 1993
genus	Pseudoclymenia	Frech 1897

Scientific Name

Pseudoclymenia Frech, 1897

Name Published In

Lethaea Geogn. 1, Bd. 2 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudoclymenia	genus	belongs to Goniatitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudoclymenia	genus	belongs to Pseudoclymeniidae	stated with evidence	Korn and Klug, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

376 - 371 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

371 - 365 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Goniatitida)

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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Clymenia costulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clymenia pseudogoniatites species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clymenia sedgwickii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clymenia wedekindi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudoclymenia aktubensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudoclymenia applanata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudoclymenia australis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pseudoclymenia costulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pseudoclymenia dillensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pseudoclymenia elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudoclymenia fundifer ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pseudoclymenia orensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pseudoclymenia pseudogoniatites ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pseudoclymenia sedgwickii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pseudoclymenia wedekindi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Tornoceras fundifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Pseudoclymenia Frech
2002	Pseudoclymenia Korn and Klug p. 167
2002	Pseudoclymenia Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Pseudoclymenia Korn

References

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

Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Lethaea Geogn. 1, Bd. 2 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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