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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627539	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627539
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15484	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15484

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Anisoceratidae : Protanisoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Anisoceratidae : Protanisoceras

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	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Turrilitoidea
family	Anisoceratidae	Hyatt 1900
genus	Protanisoceras	Spath 1923

Scientific Name

Protanisoceras Spath, 1923

Name Published In

Proc. Geol. Ass., 34 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Protanisoceras	genus	belongs to Anisoceratidae	stated with evidence	Benavides-Caceres, 1956
Protanisoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 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
Protanisoceras (Heteroclinus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Protanisoceras (Protanisoceras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Protanisoceras (Torquistylus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Protanisoceras blancheti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Protanisoceras creutzbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1956	Protanisoceras Benavides-Caceres p. 436
1997	Protanisoceras Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker p. 82
2002	Protanisoceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Benavides-Caceres V.E. (1956) Cretaceous system in northern Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108 4, 1-493

Kakabadze M. V., Hoedemaeker P. J. (1997) New and less known Barremian-Albian Ammonites from Colombia, Scripta Geologica 114, 57-117

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

Proc. Geol. Ass., 34 (1) - 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

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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