Gymnites

Gymnites is a genus of ammonoid cephalopod from the Middle Triassic belonging to the ceratitid family Gymnitidae. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, the Anisian age.

Gymnites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GymnitidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ceratitida
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Ceratitida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ceratitida
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 8.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 245.19 Mya to 237 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 205.7 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 142 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 136 of 142 occurrencesMiddle TriassicLate Triassic — about 6 of 142 occurrencesLate Triassic248–246 Mya — about 9 occurrences246–245 Mya — about 31 occurrences245–244 Mya — about 50 occurrences244–242 Mya — about 25 occurrences242–241 Mya — about 14 occurrences241–239 Mya — about 5 occurrences239–238 Mya — about 2 occurrences238–236 Mya — about 2 occurrences236–235 Mya — about 2 occurrences235–234 Mya — about 1 occurrence234–232 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences232–231 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences231–229 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences229–228 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences228–226 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences226–225 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences225–223 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences223–222 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences222–221 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences221–219 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences219–218 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences218–216 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences216–215 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences215–213 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences213–212 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences212–211 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences211–209 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences209–208 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences208–206 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences206–205 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences245.19 Mya237 Mya247.8 Mya204.9 Mya

142 occurrences of Gymnites on record, most of them in the Middle Triassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

142 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

29 formations

Bulog — 43.82°N, 18.44°EBulog — 43.85°N, 18.46°EPrida — 40.47°N, 118.13°WPrida — 40.05°N, 117.54°WPrida — 40.51°N, 118.15°WPrida — 40.27°N, 118.09°WAcheshbok — 44.01°N, 40.52°EAcheshbok — 44.06°N, 40.56°EToad — 59.37°N, 125.00°WToad — 58.67°N, 124.36°WToad — 58.65°N, 124.25°WToad — 59.27°N, 125.38°WToad — 58.34°N, 124.37°WToad — 59.18°N, 124.72°WArenal d'en Castell — 40.02°N, 4.18°EArenal d'en Castell — 39.99°N, 4.11°EArenal d'en Castell — 40.07°N, 4.08°EArenal d'en Castell — 40.05°N, 3.92°ESchreyeralm — 47.58°N, 13.59°EGulangdi — 35.30°N, 99.56°EGulangdi — 35.80°N, 102.07°EWetterstein — 47.30°N, 11.37°EAlam — 32.99°N, 53.69°EQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.64°N, 107.54°EXiang'adong — 36.04°N, 101.82°ENazarkardeh — 35.97°N, 60.90°ENazarkardeh — 36.01°N, 60.82°EHalstatt — 47.65°N, 13.70°EHalstatt — 47.60°N, 13.88°EGutenstein — 47.68°N, 14.73°EBesano — 45.91°N, 8.95°EKhon Lang — 21.75°N, 106.50°EBanna — 24.58°N, 106.89°EFavret — 39.85°N, 117.47°WDunnatető Limestone — 48.48°N, 20.74°EChaqupu — 30.00°N, 90.76°EVászoly — 46.96°N, 17.71°EVaszoly — 47.02°N, 17.94°EMarmolata — 46.45°N, 11.87°ECephalopod Limestone — 9.83°S, 124.57°E

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The named rock units Gymnites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 51 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Gymnites and its relatives

Middle Triassic

Where Gymnites and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Triassic.

Found in the same rock

1,064 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 108 sites for Gymnites, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

42 references

Each of the 142 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 30 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Gymnites

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. von Mojsisovics 1882