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Pinacites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pinacitidae

Taxonomy
Pinacites was named by Mojsisovics (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 457]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pinacitidae, Pinacitinae.

It was assigned to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pinacitinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Pinacites Mojsisovics
1957Pinacites Arkell et al. p. 31
2002Pinacites Korn and Klug p. 91
2002Pinacites Sepkoski
2006Pinacites Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyAgoniatitaceaeHolzapfel 1899
familyPinacitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyPinacitinaeHyatt 1900
genusPinacitesMojsisovics 1882

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pinacites Mojsisovics 1882
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†Pinacites eminens Chlupac and Turek 1977
†Pinacites irideus Frech 1902
†Pinacites jugleri Roemer 1843
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Invalid names: Goniatites decheni Koch 1872 [synonym], Goniatites emaciatus Barrande 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height630.914.849.034.512.3
shell diameter650.224.779.054.019.9
shell inflation60.0500.0013.500.9501.49

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95France P. jugleri (188453)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Algeria P. eminens (40368 157647) P. jugleri (40458 40461 157646) P. jugleri, P. eminens (40366 40367 40459) P. sp. (40463) P. sp., P. jugleri, P. eminens (40462)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) P. jugleri (25817)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Koneprusy) P. jugleri (12257)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco P. eminen (38773) P. eminens (38770 38781 38785) P. jugleri (27123 27124 27125 27149 27150 38748 38760 38765 38776 38788 38797 142431) P. jugleri, P. eminens (38798) P. sp. (38755 38791)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Western Sahara P. jugleri (209264)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Alaska) P. jugleri (60043) P. sp. (64061)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia Goniatites emaciatus (172687) P. eminens (172742) P. jugleri (172720 172721 172730 172731 172732 172734 172735 172745)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Barrandia) P. jugleri, P. eminens (12252)