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Japonites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Japonitidae

Taxonomy
Japonites was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was assigned to Gymnitidae by Spath (1951); to Japonitinae by Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Japonitidae by Tozer (1981), Vörös (2018), Ehiro (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Japonites Mojsisovics
1951Japonites Spath p. 171
1981Japonites Tozer p. 93
1994Japonites Tozer p. 126
2002Japonites Sepkoski
2018Japonites Vörös p. 134
2022Japonites Ehiro p. 145

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyJaponitidaeTozer 1971
genusJaponitesMojsisovics 1893

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. †Japonites Mojsisovics 1893
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†Japonites asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1981
†Japonites dieneri Martelli 1904
†Japonites kirata Diener 1895
†Japonites labaensis Robinson 1947
†Japonites meridianus Welter 1915
†Japonites planiplicatus von Mojsisovics 1888
†Japonites readi Tozer 1994
†Japonites starensis Bucher 1989
†Japonites surgriva Diener 1895
†Japonites welteri Bucher 1989
†Japonites wrighti Tozer 1994
†Japonites ziyunensis Wang 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1424.713.251.025.913.1
shell diameter1470.825.2204.074.046.1
shell inflation1429.89.10124.429.643.6

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Fassanian or 248.10000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guizhou) J. sp., J. ziyunensis (213532)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Romania J. sp. (216985)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan J. meridianus (224865)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99USA (Nevada) J. surgriva (107490) J. welteri (106204 114587 138817 138819) J. welteri, J. starensis (106200)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Greece (Epidavros) J. sp. (211423)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Greece J. asseretoi (143856) J. sp. (143855)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99China (Guangxi) J. sp. (96994 96995)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Canada (British Columbia) J. wrighti (139099)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) J. kueichowensis (108162) J. sp. (44726)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Oman J. subacutus (73252)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Nepal (Byans) J. dieneri (214669)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Primorye) J. russkiensis (47284)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Japan (Miyagi) Ceratites planiplicatus (215819)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Qinghai) J. dieneri (102899)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464India (Himachal Pradesh) J. dieneri (206205)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Russian Federation J. labaensis (99522 99523)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Iran J. kirata (94847)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24China (Guangxi) J. sp. (96997)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24USA (Nevada) J. surgriva (112789)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Greece (Epidavros) J. raphaeliszojae (211433)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Canada (British Columbia) J. readi (141761)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Hungary (Veszprem) J. sp. (44589)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Japan J. dieneri (124316)