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Cantabricanites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625260	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625260
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13955	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13955

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prolecanitidae : Cantabricanites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Prolecanitida : Prolecanitidae : Cantabricanites

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	Prolecanitida	Miller and Furnish 1954
superfamily	Prolecanitoidea
family	Prolecanitidae	Korn et al. 2003
subfamily	Protocanitinae	Weyer 1972
genus	Cantabricanites	Weyer 1965

Scientific Name

Cantabricanites Weyer, 1965

Name Published In

Ber. Geol. Ges. D. D. R. 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cantabricanites	genus	belongs to Prolecanitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cantabricanites	genus	belongs to Protocanitinae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

345 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

345 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

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
Cantabricanites greenei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1965	Cantabricanites Weyer
2002	Cantabricanites Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Cantabricanites Korn
2009	Cantabricanites Furnish et al. p. 189

References

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

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Furnish W. M., Glenister B. F., et al (2009) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), 1-258

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

Ber. Geol. Ges. D. D. R. 10 - 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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