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Protexanites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4625481https://www.gbif.org/species/4625481
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15487https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15487
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Collignoniceratidae : Protexanites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Protexanites
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
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusProtexanitesMatsumoto 1955
Scientific NameProtexanites Matsumoto, 1955
Name Published InTrans. Proc. Palaeont. Soc. Japan (N. S.) No. 18
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Protexanitesgenusbelongs to Texanitinaestated without evidenceJones, 1966
Protexanitesgenusbelongs to Texanitinaestated with evidenceKennedy, 1984
Protexanitesgenusbelongs to Collignoniceratidaestated without evidenceThomel, 1988
Protexanitesgenusbelongs to Texanitinaestated with evidenceKennedy and Christensen, 1991
Protexanitesgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Protexanites (Protexanites)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)2989.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Protexanites bontanti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Protexanites bourgeoisianus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Protexanites thompsoni
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
189.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1955Protexanites Matsumoto
1966Protexanites Jones p. 200
1984Protexanites Kennedy p. 104
1988Protexanites Thomel p. 53
1991Protexanites Kennedy and Christensen p. 214
1995Protexanites Kennedy p. 417
1996Protexanites Wright et al. p. 193
2002Protexanites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Jones D. L. (1966) New Upper Cretaceous ammonite, Protexanites thompsoni, from California, Journal of Paleontology 40 1, 199-203
Kennedy W. J. (1984) Systematic palaeontology and stratigraphic distribution of the ammonite faunas of the French Coniacian, Special Papers in Palaeontology 31, 1-160
Thomel G. (1988) Les ammonites néocrétacées des chaînes subalpines méridionales, Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 153, 1-79
Kennedy W. J., Christensen W. K. (1991) Coniacian and Santonian ammonites from Bornholm, Denmark, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 38, 203-226
Kennedy W. J. (1995) Systematic palaeontology, in Ammonite faunas, biostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy of the Coniacian-Santonian of the Corbières (NE Pyrénées), Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Elf Exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine 19, 377-499
Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362
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
Trans. Proc. Palaeont. Soc. Japan (N. S.) No. 18 - 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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