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Somoholites β
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Somoholitidae : Somoholites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Somoholitidae : Somoholites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Somoholites Ruzhencev, 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Problems of Paleontology, Moscow, 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 296 - 290 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Somoholites andrianovi β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites artus β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites bamberi β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites beluense β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
Somoholites belyaevi β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
Somoholites deroeveri β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Somoholites dolium β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites glomerosus β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites ikensis β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites merriami β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites miharanoroensis β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites sebyanicus β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites serus β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Somoholites sholakensis β species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Somoholites Ruzhencev |
2002 | Somoholites Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Somoholites Korn |
2009 | Somoholites Furnish et al. p. 136 |
References
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!