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Tetragonites popetensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9241976https://www.gbif.org/species/9241976
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)346979https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=346979
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Tetragonites : Tetragonites popetensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Tetragonitidae : Tetragonites : Tetragonites popetensis
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
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusTetragonites
speciesTetragonites popetensisYabe 1903
Generic NameTetragonites
Scientific NameTetragonites popetensis Yabe, 1903
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tetragonites popetensisspeciesbelongs to Tetragonitesstated with evidenceYabe, 1903
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Y. Shigeta. 2016. Paleontological description, in Middle and late Campanian (Late Cretaceous) ammonoids from the Urakawa area, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Paleontological Research 20:322-366

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1903Tetragonites popetensis Yabe p. 48 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,6
1958Lytoceras (Tetragonites) henleyense Anderson p. 185 figs. Pl 12, figs 5,5a; pl 41, fig 7
1960Tetragonites (Saghalinites) henleyense Matsumoto
2016Tetragonites popetensis Shigeta p. 333 figs. 7D-H, 8D,E, 24A,B

References

Shigeta Y. (2016) Paleontological description, in Middle and late Campanian (Late Cretaceous) ammonoids from the Urakawa area, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Paleontological Research 20, 322-366
Anderson F. M. (1958) Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast, Geological Society of America Memoir 71, 1-378
Matsumoto T. (1960) Upper Cretaceous ammonites of California. Part III, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University Series D, Geology, Special Volume II, 1-204
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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