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Atractites

Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Atractites Guembel
1864Xiphoteuthis Huxley
1882Atractites von Mojsisovics
1896Atractites von Mojsisovics
1944Ausseites Flower
1951Choanoteuthis Fischer
1966Atractites Jeletzky p. 26
1968Ausseites Allasinaz p. 364
1982Atractites Silberling and Nichols p. 63
2002Atractites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderAulacoceratidaStolley 1919
familyXiphoteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusAtractitesGuembel 1861

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. †Atractites Guembel 1861
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Atractites alveolaris Quenstedt 1845
Atractites ausseeanus Mojsisovics 1871
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Invalid names: Orthoceras alveolare von Hauer 1847 [synonym]
Atractites bacchilidis Tommasi 1899
Atractites bithynicus Arthaber 1915
Atractites boeckhi Stuerzenbaum 1876
Atractites clavatulus Smith 1914
Atractites conicus Mojsisovics 1871
Atractites elegans Smith 1914
Atractites ladinus Salomon 1895
Atractites mallyi Toula 1896
Atractites meneghinii Salomon 1895
Atractites obeliscus Mojsisovics 1869
Atractites secundus Mojsisovics 1869
Atractites smithii Diener 1907
Atractites solidus Smith 1914
Atractites subrotundus Salomon 1895
Atractites subundatus Münster 1841
Invalid names: Ausseites Flower 1944 [synonym], Choanoteuthis Fischer 1951 [synonym], Xiphoteuthis Huxley 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 264.28000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) A. sp. (42098)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation A. sp. (214750)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation A. sp. (212507)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Romania A. metae (216983) A. minutus (216982)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. boecki (72346) A. sp. (72359)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Romania A. libricus (199554)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Nepal (Byans) A. smithii (206207)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Primorye) A. sp. (195194)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) A. nevadensis (33207)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Innsbruck) A. boeckhi, A. secundus (202274) A. obelisco, A. intermedius, A. boeckhi (202275)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina A. crassirostris, A. macilentus, A. intermedius, A. pusillus, A. trnuirostris, A. boeckhi (206731) A. macilentus, A. sp. (206728) A. pusillus, A. sp. (206727) A. sp. (206722 206724 206726) A. tenuirostris, A. intermedius, A. pusillus, A. sp., A. obeliscus (206732)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation A. sp. (124638 124649)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary A. crassirostris (128442)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Afghanistan (Pakhtia) A. sp. (44107)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Romania A. sp. (170260)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Bakony) A. boeckhi (211800)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) A. clavatulus (40760 142669) A. elegans, A. nevadensis, A. boeckhi (33225) A. solidus (33322 38925 40751 57090 142670) A. sp. A (38919) A. sp. B (143039) A. sp. C (143040)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria A. obeliscus, A. boeckhi, A. secundus (136996)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Udine) A. obeliscus, A. bacchilidis (201597)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Italy (Trento) A. sp. (202273) A. sp., A. ladinus, A. meneghinii, A. subrotundus, A. boeckhi (202272)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian247.2 - 221.5Turkey (Anatolia) A. mallyi, A. bithynicus (204511) A. mallyi, A. bithynicus, A. secundus (204518)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Udine) A. obeliscus (211815)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Afghanistan Atractites indet. (44173)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Russian Federation A. sp. (124555)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Lecco) A. sp. (211844) A. sp., A. obeliscus, A. secundus (211850)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Russian Federation A. sp. (214776 214777 214781)
Longobardian - Julian242.0 - 232.0Russian Federation A. sp. (214792)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Indonesia A. sp. (204273)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Bosnia and Herzegovina A. ausseeanus (206614) A. sp., A. boeckhi (206617)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Alaska) A. sp. (112276)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) A. sp. (214671)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) A. sp. (205303)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) A. sp. (112263 112269)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria A. ausseeanus (159524 159532 159577) A. sp. (159522) A. sp., A. ausseeanus (159521)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Ausseites ellipticus (69248) Orthocera subundata (137429)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Turkey A. sp. (154850 154856)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Hungary A. sp. (23870)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) A. sp. (136302)
Norian228.0 - 208.5India A. sp. (85471)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Austria A. alveolaris, A. conicus (159886)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria A. alveolaris (159544) A. sp., A. alveolaris (159543)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria A. alveolaris (159555 159558 159559 159898)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (53279)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3New Zealand (Waikato) A. aratauraensis (234342)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile (Antofagasta) A. sp. (210269)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile (Antofagasta) A. sp. (210219)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile (Antofagasta) A. sp. (210191 210562)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Austria A. sp. (27226)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile (Antofagasta) A. sp. (210214)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile (Antofagasta) A. sp. (210272 210273)
Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Austria A. sp. (189160)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (Alberta) A. sp. (53695 53735 53736)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Chile (Chañaral) A. sp. (223806)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Hungary Ausseites sp. (64313)
Pliensbachian - Bajocian190.8 - 168.3Chile (Chañaral) A. sp. (223767)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (53398)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (Alberta) A. sp. (53420 53661)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile (Antofagasta) A. sp. (210224 210563)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile A. sp. (183591)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile (Antofagasta) A. sp. (210565 210566 210567 210568 210569 210571)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (53399)