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Shumardites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Shumarditidae

Taxonomy
Shumardites was named by Smith (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: C Step-u Tr Indu-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. Its type is Shumardites simondsi. It is the type genus of Shumarditidae.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Shumarditidae by Korn (2006) and Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Shumardites Smith p. 134
1950Postaktubites Ruzhencev
2002Shumardites Sepkoski
2006Postaktubites Korn
2006Shumardites Korn
2009Shumardites Furnish et al. p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyShumarditoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyShumarditidae
genusShumardites

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. †Shumardites Smith 1903
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Shumardites aktubensis Ruzhentsev 1950
Shumardites confessus Ruzhentsev 1939
Shumardites cuyleri Plummer and Scott 1937
Shumardites librovitchi Ruzhentsev 1939
Shumardites simondsi Smith 1903
Shumardites umbilicatus Ehiro and Ozawa 2020
Invalid names: Postaktubites Ruzhencev 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height107.282.6029.07.007.96
shell diameter1019.47.6068.017.618.8
shell inflation106.413.2020.04.506.18

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Asselian or 303.70000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation S. confessus (172256 172260 172265)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Kazakhstan S. aktubensis (81344 81345 172281) S. confessus, S. librovitchi (172282)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) S. cuyleri (128645) S. simondsi (128678 131372 131551 131552)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) S. cuyleri (217905 217906 217908 217915 217952 217979 218029)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Japan S. umbilicatus (214599)