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Arietites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Taxonomy
Arietites was named by Waagen (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites bucklandi. It is the type genus of Arietitinae.

It was reranked as Coroniceras (Arietites) by Meister and Friebe (2003), Howarth (2013).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Coroniceras by Meister and Friebe (2003), Howarth (2013); and to Arietitinae by Bremer (1965), Zaitsev and Ippolitov (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Arietites Waagen
1882Arieticeras Quenstedt
1965Arietites Bremer
2002Arietites Sepkoski
2003Coroniceras (Arietites) Meister and Friebe
2013Coroniceras (Arietites) Howarth p. 16
2023Arietites Zaitsev and Ippolitov p. 244

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyArietitidaeHyatt 1875
subfamilyArietitinaeHyatt 1875
genusArietitesWaagen 1869

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. †Arietites Waagen 1869
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†Arietites bonnardii d'Orbigny 1879
†Arietites geometricus Oppel 1856
†Arietites longicellus Quenstedt 1858
†Arietites quadratus Donovan 1952
†Arietites semicostatus Young and Bird 1828
†Arietites wichmanni Rothpletz 1892
Invalid names: Arieticeras Quenstedt 1882 [nomen vanum], Coroniceras (Megarietites) Spath 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Carlottense or 201.40000 to 182.30000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Indonesia (Timor) A. wichmanni (205675)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Indonesia A. sp., A. geometricus, A. longicellus, A. wichmanni (132795)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Crimea) A. sp. (230732)
Bucklandi - Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9China (Guangdong) A. bonnardii (150440) A. sp. (150443)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Coroniceras sp. (234373)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites semicostatus (227266)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile (Taltal) A. sp. (210147)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Transcarpathian) A. sp. (197219)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany A. sp. (28875 28881 28885 28887 28888 28890 28892 28896)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. sp. (38730)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Hong Kong A. semicostatus (137807)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Slovakia Arnioceras geometricum (195485)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile A. bisulcatum (95100)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Canada (Alberta) A. sp. (133090)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany A. sp., A. gallicus, A. oblongaris, A. solarium (28935)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Alberta) A. sp. (53904)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Skye) Megarietites sp., Arnioceras geometricum (219969)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Indonesia (Timor) Arnioceras geometricum (205673 205681)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Türkiye A. quadratus (218660)
Obtusum - Margaritatus199.5 - 184.2Austria A. sp. (218909)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria A. sp. (218908)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Arieticeras sp. (210785 210788 210791)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy Arieticeras sp. (176080)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Arieticeras sp. (198418 198422 198424 198459 198463 198470 198473 198482 198483 198485 200038 200057 200428)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (Yukon) Arieticeras sp. (197539 197541)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Arieticeras sp. (161631)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy Arieticeras sp. (176007)
Carlottense183.5 - 182.3Canada (British Columbia) Arieticeras sp. (200278)