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Scaphites (Scaphites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites (Scaphites) was named by Parkinson (1811). Its type is Scaphites equalis.

It was assigned to Scaphites by Birkelund (1965), Kennedy (1984), Kennedy and Cobban (1990), Kennedy and Christensen (1991), Cobban and Kennedy (1992), Kennedy et al. (1992), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Christennsen (1993), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy and Kaplan (1995), Kennedy et al. (1997), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Kennedy et al. (2008), Sealey and Lucas (2019).

Subtaxa
Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus (syn. Scaphites inflatus), Scaphites (Scaphites) cobbani, Scaphites (Scaphites) depressus (syn. Scaphites depressus oregonensis, Scaphites ventricosus stantoni), Scaphites (Scaphites) evanicsi, Scaphites (Scaphites) ferronensis, Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus, Scaphites (Scaphites) haugi, Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus, Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis, Scaphites (Scaphites) leei (syn. Scaphites senessei), Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei (syn. Scaphites sagensis, Scaphites potieri, Scaphites lamberti, Scaphites arnaudiformis), Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus (syn. Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus svartenhukensis, Scaphites preventricosus sweetgrassensis), Scaphites (Scaphites) rosenkrantzi, Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex, Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni (syn. Scaphites warreni wyomingensis, Scaphites warreni haydeni, Scaphites warreni ubiquitasus), Scaphites (Scaphites) whitfieldi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Scaphites aequalis, Scaphites aquilaensis, Scaphites aquisgranensiformis, Scaphites bassei, Scaphites besairiei, Scaphites brahminicus, Scaphites brittonensis, Scaphites choteauensis, Scaphites clavigera, Scaphites collignoni, Scaphites dailyi, Scaphites decaryi, Scaphites delicatulus, Scaphites frontierensis, Scaphites genyi, Scaphites greenlandicus, Scaphites impendicostatus, Scaphites iris, Scaphites kieslingswaldensis, Scaphites kieslingswaldensis, Scaphites kieslingwaldensis, Scaphites larvaeformis, Scaphites manasoaensis, Scaphites mesli, Scaphites plenus, Scaphites preventicosus, Scaphites pseudoequalis, Scaphites reesidei, Scaphites rioensis, Scaphites rugosus, Scaphites stantoni, Scaphites uintensis, Scaphites vellai, Scaphites wellmani, Scaphites yonekurai, Scaphites yorkensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Scaphites (Scaphites) Parkinson
1965Scaphites (Scaphites) Birkelund p. 79
1984Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy p. 146
1990Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy and Cobban p. 417
1991Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy and Christensen p. 222
1992Scaphites (Scaphites) Cobban and Kennedy p. 84
1992Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy et al. p. 275
1993Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy p. 112
1993Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy and Christennsen p. 155
1993Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy and Cobban p. 845
1994Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy p. 234
1995Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy p. 432
1995Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy and Kaplan p. 32
1997Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy et al. p. 14
2007Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy and Latil p. 474
2007Scaphites (Scaphites) Szives p. 120
2008Scaphites (Scaphites) Kennedy et al. p. 47
2019Scaphites (Scaphites) Sealey and Lucas p. 197

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusScaphitesParkinson 1811
subgenusScaphitesParkinson 1811

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.

Subg. †Scaphites (Scaphites) Parkinson 1811
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Invalid names: Scaphites inflatus Roemer 1841 [synonym]
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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
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Invalid names: Scaphites bartlingi Riedel 1931 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Scaphites senessei Basse 1939 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei de Grossouvre 1894
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Invalid names: Scaphites arnaudiformis Collignon 1965 [synonym], Scaphites lamberti de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym], Scaphites potieri de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym], Scaphites sagensis Cobban 1952 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus svartenhukensis Birkelund 1965 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex Jukes-Browne 1875
†Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni Meek and Hayden 1860
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Invalid names: Scaphites warreni haydeni Cobben 1951 [synonym], Scaphites warreni wyomingensis Meek 1876 [synonym]
Invalid names: Scaphites preventricosus sweetgrassensis Cobban 1951 [synonym], Scaphites ventricosus stantoni Reeside 1927 [synonym], Scaphites warreni ubiquitasus Cobban 1951 [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 Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 113.20000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Scaphites clavigera, Scaphites bassei, Scaphites hugardianus (13499)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France Scaphites hugardianus (58861)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Scaphites simplex (98221)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Belgium Scaphites sp. (174924)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Scaphites hugardianus (56552 56554 56674 56680 56847 58122 58125 58126 58253 58359 58431 58527 58533) Scaphites simplex (58245) Scaphites sp. (174461 174476 174482 174487)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Northern Territory) Scaphites hugardianus (70245 70283)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Scaphites hugardianus (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Scaphites bassei, Scaphites hugardianus (13500)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) Scaphites sp. (175422)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) Scaphites preventricosus (89506 89507)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Wyoming) Scaphites whitfieldi (87755)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Scaphites kieslingwaldensis, Scaphites lamberti (112693)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Scaphites ferronensis (171830 171831) Scaphites leei (82259) Scaphites whitfieldi (171825 171826 171827 171828 171847 171848 276764 276891 276896 276901)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Madagascar (Toliara) Scaphites kieslingswaldensis (46608) Scaphites manasoaensis (46611)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Scaphites warreni (88540)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (British Columbia) Scaphites warreni (73479)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Scaphites warreni (178828 276887 276900)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Scaphites preventricosus (88014)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Mexico (Coahuila) Scaphites preventricosus, Scaphites sagensis (92293)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain Scaphites lamberti (66965)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Greenland Scaphites preventicosus (70195)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Scaphites kieslingswaldensis (179804 179805) Scaphites lamberti, Scaphites meslei (178946) Scaphites meslei (3735 178951 179104) Scaphites potieri (179105)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Denmark Scaphites kieslingswaldensis (70001)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Montana) Scaphites preventricosus (88026)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Scaphites meslei (178988)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Canada (British Columbia) Scaphites preventricosus (73480)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Scaphites kieslingswaldensis (179222)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Colorado) Scaphites depressus (74321)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Scaphites kieslingswaldensis (179123 179124 179671) Scaphites lamberti, Scaphites meslei (179095) Scaphites meslei (69876 178941 178947 179106 179107 179108 179109)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Scaphites inflatus (69871)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Colorado) Scaphites depressus (74323 87852)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Denmark Scaphites kieslingswaldensis (70059 70060 70061 70063)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) Scaphites leei (3583 3584)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Scaphites leei (179223 179760) Scaphites senessei (179115)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Scaphites leei (87849)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Scaphites leei (234103)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Scaphites leei (87434)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Scaphites binodosus (36813 165380)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Westfalen) Scaphites binodosus (165366) Scaphites binodosus, Scaphites inflatus (165365)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Scaphites gibbus (82896)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Greenland Scaphites cobbani, Scaphites rosenkrantzi (70189 70213 70225)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Scaphites gibbus (64187)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Scaphites gibbus (82895)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Tajikistan Trachyscaphites gibbus (185088)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Scaphites gibbus (165839) Scaphites haugi (82291 165841 165914) Scaphites sp. (165851)