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Pseudophyllites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627319	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627319
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15531	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15531

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tetragonitidae : Pseudophyllites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Tetragonitidae : Pseudophyllites

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	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Tetragonitoidea
family	Tetragonitidae	Hyatt 1900
genus	Pseudophyllites	Kossmat 1895

Scientific Name

Pseudophyllites Kossmat, 1895

Name Published In

Beitr. Pal. Geol. Oesterr.-Ung., 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudophyllites	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	stated without evidence	Maury, 1930
Pseudophyllites	genus	belongs to Tetragonitinae	stated with evidence	Henderson, 1970
Pseudophyllites	genus	belongs to Tetragonitidae	stated with evidence	Kennedy and Summesberger, 1986
Pseudophyllites	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudophyllites	genus	belongs to Tetragonitinae	stated with evidence	Hoffmann, 2010
Pseudophyllites	genus	belongs to Tetragonitidae	stated with evidence	Niebuhr et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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
Pseudophilites amphitrite ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudophilites nereidideditus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudophyllites amphitrite species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudophyllites indra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		43	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudophyllites latus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudophyllites loryi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudophyllites nereidideditus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudophyllites pyrenaicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudophyllites teres ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pseudophilites Kossmat, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tetragonitidae : *Pseudophilites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1895	Pseudophyllites Kossmat p. 137
1930	Pseudophilites Maury p. 164
1970	Pseudophyllites Henderson p. 12
1986	Pseudophyllites Kennedy and Summesberger p. 187
1986	Pseudophyllites Macellari p. 16
1992	Pseudophyllites Summesberger p. 98

Year	Name and Author
1993	Pseudophyllites Ward and Kennedy p. 22
1995	Pseudophyllites Kennedy p. 389
1996	Pseudophyllites Wright et al. p. 7
2002	Pseudophyllites Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Pseudophyllites Hoffmann p. 89
2016	Pseudophyllites Niebuhr et al. p. 205

References

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

Maury C. J. (1930) O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte, Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8, 1-305

Henderson R. A. (1970) Ammonoidea from the Mata Series (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of New Zealand, Special Papers in Palaeontology 6, 1-82

Kennedy W. J., Summesberger H. (1986) Lower Maastrichtian ammonites from Neuberg, Steiermark, Austria, Beitr. Paläont. Österr. 12, 181-242

Macellari C. E. (1986) Late Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite fauna from Seymour Island (Antarctic Peninsula), The Paleontological Society Memoir 18, 1-59

Summesberger H. (1992) Pseudophyllites latus (Marshal), Ammonoidea, aus der Sandkalkbank der Hochmoosschichten (Obersanton; Gosau, Österreich), Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 94, 97-101

Ward P. D., Kennedy W. J. (1993) Maastrichtian ammonites from the Biscay region (France, Spain), The Paleontological Society Memoir 34, 1-58

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

Hoffmann R. (2010) New insights on the phylogeny of the Lytoceratoidea (Ammonitina) from the septal lobe and its functional interpretation, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 29, 1-156

Niebuhr B., Taherpour Khalil Abad M., et al (2016) First record of late Campanian ammonites from the Abderaz Formation of the Koppeh Dagh, northeastern Iran, Cretaceous Research 58, 202-222

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

Beitr. Pal. Geol. Oesterr.-Ung., 9 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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