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Schloenbachia varians

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schloenbachiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites varians was named by Sowerby (1817). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Schloenbachia.

It was recombined as Schloenbachia varians by Neumayr (1875), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy et al. (2008), Kennedy (2013), Wilmsen and Nagm (2014), Gale et al. (2018) and Kennedy et al. (2024).

Subspecies
S. subtuberculata
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. coupei, S. nodulosa, S. subarians, S. subvarians, S. utaturensis, S. ventricosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Ammonites varians Sowerby p. 169 figs. pl. 176
1875Schloenbachia varians Neumayr
1994Schloenbachia varians Kennedy p. 221
2008Schloenbachia varians Kennedy et al. p. 129 figs. Pl 5, figs 10-12,14,15; pl 6, figs 3,6-13
2013Schloenbachia varians Kennedy pp. 448 - 450 figs. Pls 1 – 14, Text-figs 3 – 9
2014Schloenbachia varians Wilmsen and Nagm p. 206 figs. 5a-c
2018Schloenbachia varians Gale et al. p. 110 figs. 7A-D,G,H, 8A-F,H,I, 9A-H
2024Schloenbachia varians Kennedy et al. p. 26 figs. 21A-K, 22A-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familySchloenbachiidaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
genusSchloenbachiaNeumayr 1875
speciesvarians(Sowerby 1817)

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.

†Schloenbachia varians Sowerby 1817
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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 Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 99.60000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites varians (154013)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Schloenbachia varians (56675 56681 58355)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Iran Schloenbachia varians (173342 173346 174333)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Schloenbachia varians (193270)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greenland Schloenbachia varians (237441 237444 237445 237446 237447 237448 237449)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Westphalia) Schloenbachia varians (4066)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Kazakhstan Schloenbachia varians (175009)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Schloenbachia subtuberculata (12471 12472 12473 12474 12475 12476 12477)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Ammonites varians (49496) Schloenbachia subtuberculata (82793 82915) Schloenbachia varians (82798) Schloenbachia varians, Schloenbachia subtuberculata (81001 81002 82814 82912 230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandy) Schloenbachia varians (4028 4030 4033 59658)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Schloenbachia varians (13500 57942 58128 58249 58362 85020 230875)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Schloenbachia varians (74192)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Turkmenistan Schloenbachia varians (186686)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Schloenbachia subtuberculata (12478)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Schloenbachia varians (56670 58629 58631) Schloenbachia varians, Schloenbachia subtuberculata (230858)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Westphalia) Schloenbachia varians (4070)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Denmark Schloenbachia varians (69975)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Schloenbachia varians, Schloenbachia subtuberculata (82857 82899 82916 82919)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Schloenbachia subtuberculata (12479 12480 12481 12482 12483 12484)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Westphalia) Schloenbachia varians (4067)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandy) Schloenbachia varians (4027)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Schloenbachia varians (58120)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Venezuela (Trujillo) Barroisiceras subtuberculatum (88268)