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Virgatosphinctes ✝
| Description | Virgatosphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites, which lived in the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period, from 150.8 to 140.2 Ma . Its fossils have been found in Antarctica, China, Cuba, India, Nepal, Russia and Yemen. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgatosphinctes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perisphinctidae : Virgatosphinctes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Perisphinctidae : Virgatosphinctes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Virgatosphinctes Uhlig, 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mem. Geol. Surv. India, Pal. Ind., (15) 4 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 157 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgatosphinctes |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Virgatosphinctes adkinsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Virgatosphinctes chihuahuaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Virgatosphinctes communis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes densistriatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes moernsheimensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Virgatosphinctes pinarensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes reisi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Virgatosphinctes sanchezi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes scythicus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes subtenuicostatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Virgatosphinctes vicinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Virgatosphinctes vimineus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1969 | Virgatosphinctes Helmstaedt p. 74 |
| 1973 | Virgatosphinctes Verma and Westermann p. 185 |
| 1984 | Virgatosphinctes Mesezhnikov p. 146 |
| 1989 | Virgatosphinctes Myczynski p. 97 |
| 2002 | Virgatosphinctes Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2016 | Virgatosphinctes Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 153 |
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!
