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Zadelsdorfia

Description

Zadelsdorfia is an extinct genus belonging to the Gattendorfiinae subfamily, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626429https://www.gbif.org/species/4626429
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)13944https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13944
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Gattendorfiidae : Zadelsdorfia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Gattendorfiidae : Zadelsdorfia
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
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea
familyGattendorfiidaeBartzsch and Weyer 1987
genusZadelsdorfiaWeyer 1972
Scientific NameZadelsdorfia (Weyer, 1972)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Zadelsdorfiasubgenusbelongs to Gattendorfiastated with evidenceRuan, 1995
Zadelsdorfiagenusbelongs to Goniatitidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Zadelsdorfiagenusbelongs to Gattendorfiinaestated with evidenceKorn, 2006
Zadelsdorfiagenusbelongs to Gattendorfiidaestated with evidenceFurnish et al., 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance359 - 354 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance359 - 347 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadelsdorfia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Zadelsdorfia debouaaensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1972Zadelsdorfia Weyer
1995Gattendorfia (Zadelsdorfia) Ruan
2002Zadelsdorfia Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Zadelsdorfia Korn
2009Zadelsdorfia Furnish et al. p. 8

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
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
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Berichte der deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geologische Wissenschaften, A, Geologie, Palaontologie 17 (3): -. [325-350] - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ebbighausen & Bockwinkel, 2007 - 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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