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Wasatchites tridentinus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8486605https://www.gbif.org/species/8486605
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)175472https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=175472
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prionitidae : Wasatchites : Wasatchites tridentinus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Prionitidae : Wasatchites : Wasatchites tridentinus
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
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyPrionitidaeHyatt 1900
genusWasatchitesMathews 1929
speciesWasatchites tridentinusSpath 1934
Generic NameWasatchites
Scientific NameWasatchites tridentinus Spath, 1934
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Wasatchites tridentinusspeciesbelongs to Wasatchitesstated with evidenceSpath, 1934
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ceratitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Wasatchites canadensis McLearn, 1945GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prionitidae : Wasatchites : Wasatchites canadensis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1934Wasatchites tridentinus Spath p. 352 figs. Pl 15, figs 2a-c; pl 16, figs 2a,b,4
1945Wasatchites canadensis McLearn pp. Appendix p. 1 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3
1994Wasatchites tridentinus Tozer p. 80 figs. Pl 28, figs 4,5,8,9
2017Wasatchites tridentinus Piazza figs. 5F-I

References

Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663
Piazza V. (2017) Taxonomical descriptions, in New late Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Lusitaniadalen Member, Vikinghøgda Formation, Norwegian Journal of Geology 97, 105-117
E. T. Tozer (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas: Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin: 1--663 - via Catalogue of Life
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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