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Zelandites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Zelandites Marshall p. 147
1934Hypogaudryceras Shimizu
1935Varunaites Shimizu
1938Anazelandites Matsumoto
1959Zelandites Matsumoto p. 148
1970Zelandites Henderson p. 21
1979Zelandites Kennedy and Klinger p. 163
1984Zelandites Wright and Kennedy p. 52
1985Zelandites Morozumi p. 31
1986Zelandites Macellari p. 13
1988Zealandites Macellari
1993Zelandites Ward and Kennedy p. 21
1994Zelandites Kennedy p. 219
1996Zelandites Wright et al. p. 5
2002Zealandites Sepkoski
2007Zelandites Szives p. 94
2010Anagaudryceras (Zelandites) Hoffmann p. 58
2018Zelandites Kennedy and Morris p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyGaudryceratinae(Spath 1927)
genusZelandites

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. †Zelandites Marshall 1926
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Zelandites dozei Fallot 1885
Zelandites europae Wright and Kennedy 1984
Zelandites inflatus Matsumoto 1959
Zelandites kaiparaensis Marshall 1926
Zelandites odiensis Kossmat 1895
Zelandites perezi McLearn 1972
Zelandites varuna Forbes 1846
Invalid names: Anazelandites Matsumoto 1938 [synonym], Hypogaudryceras Shimizu 1934 [synonym], Varunaites [synonym], Zelandites varuna japonica Matsumoto 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3211.25.0018.011.12.48
shell diameter3222.310.032.622.44.57
shell inflation323.852.005.704.000.835

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 112.03000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Z. odiensis (98264)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Z. inflatus (87478 87687) Z. perezi (87476 87662) Z. perezi, Z. inflatus (87486) Z. sp. (87490)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Madagascar Z. befamontoensis (98231)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France Z. dozai dozai (13499)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (British Columbia) Z. inflatus (87718)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy Z. dozei (12838)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Alaska) Z. inflatus (88619)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Alaska) Z. inflatus (88916 88936 88937)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Africa Z. sp. 1 (66023)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Z. inflatus (28175)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan (Hokkaido) Z. inflatus (62181) Z. sp. (62634 62649)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tanzania Z. sp. (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5South Africa Z. odiensis (158086)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation Z. inflatus (84222)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Z. europae (82843)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela (Trujillo) Z. sp. (88076)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation Z. mihoensis (84216)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa Z. sp. 2 (66070)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan Z. kawanoi (62236)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Z. kaiparaensis (83354)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Z. kaiparaensis (83390)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Z. sp. (86936)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Varunaites varuna (64610)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan Z. varuna (176819)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan Z. varuna (167910 167911)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile Z. varuna (165489 165490 165491 165492 165497)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Zealandites varuna (3169) Z. varuna (166012)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0North Pacific Z. japonicus (209774)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica Z. varuna (82934 82935)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Ammonites varuna (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Z. varuna (228940 228951)