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Salinites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Salinites Cantu-Chapa
1989Hildoglochiceras (Salinites) Myczynski p. 86
2006Salinites Cantu-Chapa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyGlochiceratinaeHyatt 1990
genusSalinitesCantu-Chapa 1968

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. †Salinites Cantu-Chapa 1968
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Hildoglochiceras (Salinites) bicostatum Chudoley and Furrazola 1968
Hildoglochiceras (Salinites) gallardoi Chudoley and Furrazola 1968
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Invalid names: Haploceras cubensis Chudoley and Furrazola 1968 [synonym]
Salinites inflatum Imlay 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height27.876.2010.08.102.69
shell diameter219.115.024.419.76.65
shell inflation24.583.506.004.751.77

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Cuba Hildoglochiceras sp. (57712)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Cuba Hildoglochiceras gallardoi (57200) Hildoglochiceras gallardoi, Hildoglochiceras bicostatum (57196) Hildoglochiceras grossicostatum, Hildoglochiceras gallardoi (57198) Hildoglochiceras grossicostatum, Hildoglochiceras gallardoi, Hildoglochiceras bicostatum (57201 57721 57730) Hildoglochiceras sp. (57714 57719 57723) Hildoglochiceras sp., Hildoglochiceras grossicostatum, Hildoglochiceras gallardoi, Hildoglochiceras bicostatum (57715) Hildoglochiceras spp. (57752) Hildoglochiceras spp., Hildoglochiceras grossicostatum (57192 57194)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Mexico (Coahuila) S. grossicostatum (175833)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Cuba Hildoglochiceras grossicostatum, Hildoglochiceras gallardoi, Hildoglochiceras inflatum, Hildoglochiceras ecarinatum (57204) Hildoglochiceras sp. (57708)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Mexico S. inflatum (142314)