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Spathites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Amblydiscus Adkins p. 238
1954Spathites Kummel and Decker
1960Fallotites Wiedmann p. 741
1988Spathites Cobban p. 8
1988Spathites Kennedy and Cobban p. 603
1992Spathites Summesberger p. 112
1994Spathites Kennedy p. 258
1996Spathites Wright et al.
1998Spathites Cooper
2002Spathites Sepkoski
2004Spathites Barroso-Barcenilla p. 98
2007Spathites Barroso-Barcenilla p. 131
2016Spathites Kennedy and Gale p. 273
2017Spathites Benzaggagh et al. p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusSpathitesKummel and Decker 1954

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. †Spathites Kummel and Decker 1954
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Subg. †Spathites (Ingridella) Wiedmann 1960
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Subg. †Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) Wiedmann 1960
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Invalid names: Mammites binicostatus Petrascheck 1902 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Paramammites inflatus Barber 1957 [synonym], Paramammites raricostatus Barber 1957 [synonym], Paramammites tuberculatus Barber 1957 [synonym]
Invalid names: Fallotites (Fallotites) Wiedmann 1960 [synonym]
Subg. †Spathites (Spathites) Kummel and Decker 1954
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†Spathites (Spathites) laevis Karrenberg 1935
Invalid names: Neoptychites (Spathitoides) Wiedmann 1960 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Pseudotissotia kellyi Jones 1938 [synonym], Spathites chispaensis Kummel and Decker 1954 [synonym]
†Spathites puercoensis Herrick and Johnson 1900
†Spathites rioensis Powell 1963
Invalid names: Amblydiscus Adkins 1933 [synonym], Fallotites Wiedmann 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Moderately to very involute; inner whorl with whorl section widest at umbilical shoulder; flat sides converging to sharp ventrolateral shoulder and broad, flat venter; blunt umbilical tubercles giving rise to pairs of low, rounded, distant ribs, each rib having 2 ventrolateral tubercles, inner one on or near the angle. Body chamber with blunt ribs or smooth. Suture simple with more or less bifid saddles.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height5437.722.874.238.310.5
shell diameter5478.551.0152.178.524.0
shell inflation5416.64.1043.118.89.18

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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain S. subconciliatus (186994 186995 186996) S. subconciliatus, S. robustus (186929 186997)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria Paramammites subconciliatus (175537)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia S. revelieranus (161154)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Romania S. reveliereanus (73511 73519) S. toroiagaensis, S. reveliereanus (73516)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France S. revelerianus (178848 178849 178850 178851 178852) S. revelerianus, S. combesi, S. tavense (174895) S. sp. (82853) Vascoceras tavense (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain S. combesi, S. depressus (186915) S. laevis, S. sulcatus (187036) S. malladae (186917 187002 187003 187008 187035) S. obliquus (187014 187016) S. obliquus, S. malladae (186914) S. reveliereanus (186909 186910 187015) S. saenzi (186928) S. saenzi, S. postsaenzi (187034) S. subconciliatus (187000) S. tavense, S. saenzi (186907)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Sachsen) Mammites binicostatus (172050) S. reveliereanus (172060 172068)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8India (Tamil Nadu) S. crassitesta (46391)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Charente-Maritime) S. revelerianus (174898 174899)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Paramammites tuberculatus, Paramammites raricostatus, Paramammites inflatus (210100)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Gard) Vascoceras tavense (170945)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil S. sp. (140889)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) S. coahuilaensis (178518 178519) S. rioensis (178721)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) S. puercoensis (53511) S. sp. (56082)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) S. coahuilaensis (178510 178511 178512 178513 178514 178515 178516 178517) S. puercoensis (77803 178751 178753 178754 178755 178757 178758 178759 178760 178761 178762 178763 178764 178765 178766 178767 178768 178769 178770 178771 178772 178773 178774 178775) S. puerocensis (4870) S. rioensis (88812 178722 178723 178724 178725 178726 178727 178728 178729 178730 178731 178732) S. sp., S. puercoensis (178776) S. subconciliatus (87812)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Chihuahua) S. coahuilensis (38967) S. puercoensis (38969) S. puercoensis, S. coahuilensis (38966) S. rioensis (38965) S. sp., S. puercoensis (38970)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria S. pachycostatus (175575)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France S. revelerianus (178853 178854 178855 178856)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain S. sp., S. obliquus (175378)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco S. reveliereanus (184448)