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Macroscaphitidae
Taxonomy
Macroscaphitidae was named by Hyatt (1900). Its type is Macroscaphites.
It was assigned to Hamitaceae by Wright (1952); to Ancylocerataceae by Landra et al. (2000); to Ptychoceratoidea by Klein et al. (2007); and to Ancyloceratoidea by Benzaggagh (2025).
It was assigned to Hamitaceae by Wright (1952); to Ancylocerataceae by Landra et al. (2000); to Ptychoceratoidea by Klein et al. (2007); and to Ancyloceratoidea by Benzaggagh (2025).
Subtaxa
Cicatrites, Macroscaphites (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Macroscaphitidae Hyatt |
| 1952 | Macroscaphitidae Wright |
| 2000 | Macroscaphitidae Landra et al. p. 40 |
| 2007 | Macroscaphitidae Klein et al. p. 289 |
| 2025 | Macroscaphitidae Benzaggagh p. 18 |
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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.
Fm. †Macroscaphitidae Hyatt 1900
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G. †Cicatrites
G. †Macroscaphites Meek 1876
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Subg. †Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) Uhlig 1883
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†Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) recticostatus d'Orbigny 1840
Subg. †Macroscaphites (Macroscaphites) Meek 1876
†Macroscaphites alpinus d'Orbigny 1850
†Macroscaphites grebenianus Tietze 1872
†Macroscaphites perforatus Avram 1984
†Macroscaphites soaresi Da Silva 1962
†Macroscaphites striatisulcatus d'Orbigny 1841
†Macroscaphites tirolensis Uhlig 1887
†Macroscaphites yvani Puzos 1831
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 125.77000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barremian | Czechia | Costidiscus recticostatus (2121) | |
| Barremian | France (Provence) | Costidiscus nodosostriatus (56058) Macroscaphites yvani (56059) | |
| Barremian | Italy | Costidiscus recticostatus (50805) | |
| Barremian | Spain (Murcia) | Costidiscus rakusi (2327 2379) | |
| Barremian | Egypt | Costidiscus recticostatus (171271) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | France (Drôme) | Macroscaphites sp. (157590) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Morocco | Macroscaphites yvani, Macroscaphites tirolensis, Macroscaphites grebenianus (240076) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Italy | Costidiscus grebenianus, Macroscaphites yvani, Costidiscus recticostatus (71828) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Serbia | Macroscaphites perforatus (169598 169601 169603 169604 169606 169609 169611) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Bulgaria | Macroscaphites yvani, Costidiscus recticostatus (161852) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Italy | Costidiscus sp. (82831) Macroscaphites recticostatus (82832) Macroscaphites sp. (82827 82834) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | South Africa | Macroscaphites soaresi (177192) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Mexico (Nuevo León) | Macroscaphites sp. (220651) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | France | Macroscaphites striatisulcatus (228367 228368 228369 228370 228371 228388 228391) Macroscaphites yvani (228401) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Mozambique | Macroscaphites soaresi (177193) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Spain | Macroscaphites striasulcatus (154653) | |
| Aptian | Georgia | Costidiscus sp. (2116) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Venezuela (Monagas) | Macroscaphites striatisulcatus (87921) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Mexico (Zacatecas) | Macroscaphites sp. (87607) |