Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Scaphitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Scaphitinae Gill
1966Scaphitinae Brunnschweiler p. 54
1979Scaphitinae Wright p. 298
1984Scaphitinae Kennedy p. 146
1987Scaphitinae Cobban p. 6
1987Scaphitinae Kennedy and Summesberger p. 34
1990Scaphitinae Kennedy and Cobban p. 417
1991Scaphitinae Kennedy and Christensen p. 222
1992Scaphitinae Cobban and Kennedy p. 84
1992Scaphitinae Kennedy et al. p. 275
1993Scaphitinae Kennedy p. 112
1993Scaphitinae Kennedy and Christennsen p. 155
1993Scaphitinae Kennedy and Cobban p. 426
1993Scaphitinae Landman and Waage p. 73
1993Scaphitinae Ward and Kennedy p. 53
1994Scaphitinae Kennedy p. 234
1994Scaphitinae Kennedy and Cobban p. 1300
1995Scaphitinae Kennedy p. 432
1995Scaphitinae Kennedy and Kaplan p. 32
1997Scaphitinae Kennedy et al. p. 14
1998Scaphitinae Grier and Grier p. 473
2000Scaphitinae Arkadiev et al. p. 120
2003Scaphitinae Landman and Cobban p. 23
2004Scaphitinae Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 378
2005Scaphitinae Kennedy p. 423
2007Scaphitinae Kennedy and Latil p. 474
2007Scaphitinae Szives p. 118
2008Scaphitinae Kennedy et al. p. 47
2015Scaphitinae Ifrim et al. p. 251
2015Scaphitinae Kennedy and Gale p. 520
2016Scaphitinae Niebuhr et al. p. 218
2018Scaphitinae Tajika et al. p. 73

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871

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.

Subfm. †Scaphitinae Gill 1871
show all | hide all
G. †Acanthoscaphites Nowak 1911
+
†Acanthoscaphites plenus Meek and Hayden 1861
G. †Billcobbanoceras Cooper 1994
G. †Desmoscaphites Reeside 1927
+
†Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside 1927
†Desmoscaphites erdmanni Cobban 1951
G. †Discoscaphites Meek 1870
+
†Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834
+
Invalid names: Discoscaphites roanensis Stephenson 1941 [synonym]
†Discoscaphites gulosus Morton 1834
†Discoscaphites iris Conrad 1858
†Discoscaphites minardi Landman et al. 2004
†Discoscaphites rossi Landman and Waage 1993
†Discoscaphites sphaeroidalis Kennedy and Cobban 2000
G. †Eoscaphites Breistroffer 1947
+
†Eoscaphites circularis Sowerby 1836
†Eoscaphites kuersteineri Tajika et al. 2018
†Eoscaphites tenuicostatus Pervinquiére 1910
G. †Indoscaphites Spath 1953
+
†Indoscaphites cunliffei Forbes 1846
†Indoscaphites korojonensis Brunnschweiler 1966
†Indoscaphites pavana Forbes 1846
G. †Jeletzkytes Riccardi 1983
+
†Jeletzkytes compressus Roemer 1841
†Jeletzkytes crassus Coryell and Salmon 1934
+
Invalid names: Acanthoscaphites dupliconodosus Coryell and Salmon 1934 [synonym]
†Jeletzkytes criptonodosus Riccardi 1983
†Jeletzkytes dorfi Landman and Waage 1993
†Jeletzkytes furnivali Riccardi 1983
+
Invalid names: Hoploscaphites cheyennensis Owen 1852 [synonym]
†Jeletzkytes spedeni Landman and Waage 1993
Invalid names: Karlwaageites Cooper 1994 [synonym]
G. †Ponteixites Warren 1934
+
†Ponteixites gracilis Warren 1934
†Ponteixites robustus Warren 1934
G. †Pteroscaphites Wright 1953
G. †Rhaeboceras Meek 1876
+
†Rhaeboceras albertense Warren 1930
†Rhaeboceras burkholderi Cobban 1987
†Rhaeboceras cedarense Grier and Grier 1998
†Rhaeboceras coloradoense Cobban 1987
†Rhaeboceras halli Meek and Hayden 1856
†Rhaeboceras mullananum Meek and Hayden 1862
†Rhaeboceras subglobosum Whiteaves 1885
†Rhaeboceras whiteavesi Russell and Landes 1937
Invalid names: Ammonites opalus Owen 1852 [nomen oblitum]
G. †Scaphites Parkinson 1811
+
Subg. †Scaphites (Scaphites) Parkinson 1811
+
+
Invalid names: Scaphites inflatus Roemer 1841 [synonym]
+
Invalid names: Scaphites depressus oregonensis Cobban 1951 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus Schlüter 1872
†Scaphites (Scaphites) haugi de Grossouvre 1894
†Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis Langenhan and Grundey 1891
+
+
Invalid names: Scaphites bartlingi Riedel 1931 [synonym]
+
Invalid names: Scaphites senessei Basse 1939 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei de Grossouvre 1894
+
Invalid names: Scaphites arnaudiformis Collignon 1965 [synonym], Scaphites lamberti de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym], Scaphites potieri de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym], Scaphites sagensis Cobban 1952 [synonym]
+
Invalid names: Scaphites preventricosus sweetgrassensis Cobban 1951 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex Jukes-Browne 1875
†Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni Meek and Hayden 1860
+
Invalid names: Scaphites warreni haydeni Cobben 1951 [synonym], Scaphites warreni wyomingensis Meek 1876 [synonym]
Invalid names: Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus svartenhukensis Birkelund 1965 [synonym], Scaphites ventricosus stantoni Reeside 1927 [synonym], Scaphites warreni ubiquitasus Cobban 1951 [synonym]
†Scaphites arcadiensis Moreman 1942
†Scaphites binneyi Reeside 1927
†Scaphites bosquensis Böse 1928
†Scaphites corvensis Cobban 1951
†Scaphites delicatulus Warren 1930
†Scaphites diana Wright 1979
†Scaphites equalis Sowerby 1813
†Scaphites eruciformis Etheridge 1902
†Scaphites geinitzii d'Orbigny 1850
+
Invalid names: Scaphites geinitzii laevior Wright 1979 [invalid subgroup]
†Scaphites gillisi Anderson 1902
†Scaphites hippocrepis DeKay 1828
+
Invalid names: Scaphites nanclasi Coquand 1859 [synonym]
†Scaphites mariasensis Cobban 1851
†Scaphites meriani Pictet and Campiche 1861
†Scaphites nigricollensis Cobban 1951
†Scaphites obliquus Sowerby 1813
†Scaphites patulus Cobban 1951
†Scaphites praecoquus Cobban 1951
†Scaphites roemeri d'Orbigny 1850
†Scaphites subdelicatulus Cobban and Gryc 1961
†Scaphites ventricosus Meek and Hayden 1862
Invalid names: Anascaphites Hyatt 1900 [synonym], Coloradoscaphites [synonym]
G. †Trachyscaphites Cobban and Scott 1964
+
†Trachyscaphites alabamensis Cobban and Kennedy 1995
†Trachyscaphites densicostatus Cobban and Kennedy 1992
+
Invalid names: Scaphites multinodosus Hauer 1866 [synonym]
†Trachyscaphites redbirdensis Cobban and Scott 1964
†Trachyscaphites spiniger Schlüter 1872
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 Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Danian or 113.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (679 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Discoscaphites conradi, Jeletzkytes criptonodosus (125141)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Scaphites clavigera, Scaphites bassei, Scaphites hugardianus, Scaphites meriani (13499)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Scaphites meriani (2237)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France Scaphites hugardianus (58861) Scaphites sp. (57922)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Northern Territory) Scaphites hugardianus (70283) Scaphites hugardianus, Scaphites eruciformis (70245)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Scaphites simplex (98221)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Eoscaphites subcircularis, Scaphites besairiei, Scaphites collignoni (98215)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Belgium Scaphites sp. (174924)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Eoscaphites sp., Scaphites sp., Scaphites hugardianus (58359) Scaphites hugardianus (56554 56680 56847 58125 58126 58253 58527 58533) Scaphites simplex (58245) Scaphites sp. (56669 56848 58246 58363 174461 174476 174482 174487) Scaphites sp., Scaphites hugardianus (56552 56674 58122 58431)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy Scaphites meriani (12838)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Libya Discoscaphites iris (208625)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Discoscaphites conradi (4421 4431 4434 4453 4455) Discoscaphites gulosus, Discoscaphites sphaeroidalis (211605) Discoscaphites sp. (4395 4411 4418 4422 4429 4436 4439 4491 4496 4523 5555 5558 5565 5567) Discoscaphites sp., Scaphites sp. (5556) Scaphites sp. (4435 4441 4444 4447 4454 4456) Scaphites yorkensis (4495)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Discoscaphites conradi (4364 4368 4372 4374 4375 4376) Discoscaphites conradi, Discoscaphites iris (4369 4370) Discoscaphites gulosus, Jeletzkytes nebrascensis (82404) Discoscaphites iris (4371) Discoscaphites sp., Discoscaphites conradi (4367) Jeletzkytes nebrascensis (82399 82400 82401 82402 82408)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Greenland Scaphites sp. (70240) Scaphites waagei (70218 70221 70223)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Discoscaphites sp. (211604) Scaphites rugosus (7541 7570)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Discoscaphites conradi (4380 26818) Jeletzkytes plenus (83065)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Discoscaphites conradi (4390) Discoscaphites sp. (4388 4392)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Discoscaphites sp. (1583)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Acanthoscaphites tridens (67415) Acanthoscaphites varians (67404 67405)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Scaphites sp. (5572)