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Sphaerocladiscites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerocladiscites was named by Popov (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Sphaerocladiscites buralkitensis.

It was assigned to Cladiscitidae by Tozer (1981); to Procladiscitinae by Gamsjäger (1982); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Sphaerocladiscites Popov
1981Sphaerocladiscites Tozer p. 95
1982Sphaerocladiscites Gamsjäger p. 21
2002Sphaerocladiscites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyCladiscitidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyProcladiscitinae
genusSphaerocladiscitesPopov 1961

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. †Sphaerocladiscites Popov 1961
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Sphaerocladiscites omolonensis Bychkov et al. 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 21:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Fassanian to the top of the Carnian or 241.46400 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Russian Federation S. sp. (214885)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Canada (Nunavut) S. martini (43800)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Russian Federation S. omolonensis (202902 202903)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Russian Federation S. sp. (214786 214790) S. sp., S. buralkitensis (214783)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0USA (Alaska) Cladiscites martini (144373)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Alaska) Cladiscites mendenhalli (33432)