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Pictonia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9628178	https://www.gbif.org/species/9628178
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15401	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15401

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aulacostephanidae : Pictonia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Aulacostephanidae : Pictonia

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	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Aulacostephanidae	Spath 1924
genus	Pictonia	Bayle 1878

Scientific Name

Pictonia Bayle, 1878

Name Published In

Explic. Carte géol. France, 4 (Atlas): explic. pl. lxvi

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pictonia	genus	belongs to Pictoniinae	stated with evidence	Mesezhnikov, 1984
Pictonia	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pictonia	genus	belongs to Aulacostephanidae	stated with evidence	Wright, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

161 - 156 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

156 - 151 Ma
Jurassic

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
Pictonia baylei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pictonia densicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Pictonia gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Pictonia seminudata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1984	Pictonia Mesezhnikov p. 96
2002	Pictonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Pictonia Wright p. 39

References

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

Mesezhnikov M. S. (1984) , Kimeridzhskiy i Volzhskiy Yarusy Severa SSSR, 1-224

Wright J. K. (2010) The Aulacostephanidae (Ammonoidea) of the Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary beds (Upper Jurassic) of southern England, Palaeontology 53, 11-52

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 426 Designation under the Plenary Powers of type species in harmony with accustomed usage for the genera Pictonia Bayle, 1878, and Rasenia Salfeld, 1913 (class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea) (Jurassic).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14(10), 257-280 (1956) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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

Expl. Carte Géol. France, 4, Atl., fasc. 1, explan. pl - 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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