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Sellagoniatites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Agoniatitidae

Taxonomy
Sellagoniatites was named by House (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-l Sepkoski's reference number: 457]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Sellagoniatitinae.

It was assigned to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); to Sellagoniatitinae by Korn and Klug (2002); and to Agoniatitidae by Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Sellagoniatites House
2002Sellagoniatites Korn and Klug p. 90
2002Sellagoniatites Sepkoski
2006Sellagoniatites Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyAgoniatitaceaeHolzapfel 1899
familyAgoniatitidaeHolzapfel 1899
subfamilySellagoniatitinae
genusSellagoniatitesHouse 1963

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. †Sellagoniatites House 1963
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Sellagoniatites erbeni Göddertz 1987
Sellagoniatites jacksoni House and Pedder 1963
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Invalid names: Goniatites discoides Waldschmidt 1885 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height313.410.319.811.75.13
shell diameter326.021.236.422.78.38
shell inflation33.492.804.103.700.666

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Givetian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Algeria S. erbeni (40372)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) S. sp. (172087)