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Wyomingites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae

Taxonomy
Wyomingites was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nm Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Meekoceras aplanatum.

It was assigned to Flemingitinae by Tozer (1981); to Meekoceratidae by Spath (1934), Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dieneroceratidae by Brayard et al. (2013), Đaković et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Wyomingites Hyatt p. 556
1934Wyomingites Spath
1981Wyomingites Tozer p. 89
1994Wyomingites Tozer p. 70
2002Wyomingites Sepkoski
2013Wyomingites Brayard et al. p. 176
2022Wyomingites Đaković et al. p. 420

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyDieneroceratidaeKummel 1952
genusWyomingites

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. †Wyomingites Hyatt 1900
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†Wyomingites angustatus Vozin 1972
†Wyomingites aplanatus White 1879
†Wyomingites arnoldi Hyatt and Smith 1905
†Wyomingites scapulatus Tozer 1994
†Wyomingites whiteanus Waagen 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1913.26.0022.013.24.08
shell diameter1930.517.059.033.012.1
shell inflation1913.98.1022.014.84.34

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 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Smithian or 250.50000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Flemingites aplanatus, Lecanites arnoldi (33285) Flemingites aplanatus, Xenodiscus whiteanus (33286)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Nevada) Lecanites arnoldi (33313)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (British Columbia) W. scapulatus (105307 105310)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Anhui) W. sp. (95655 95656)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (California) Meekoceras aplanatum (33298)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Alaska) W. aplanatus (44415) W. sp., W. aplanatus (44394)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) W. aplanatus (156016 156018)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation W. angustatus (127921 170331 177009) W. aplanatus (144207)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Nevada) W. aplanatus (62097) W. arnoldi (62098) W. arnoldi, W. aplanatus, W. whiteanus (61515 97121) W. whiteanus (62096)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Guangxi) W. aplanatus (97141 97149 97151 97154)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Idaho) Flemingites aplanatus (33292 33293) Meekoceras aplanatum (120986) Paralecanites arnoldi, Meekoceras aplanatum (33288)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Oman W. sp. (73233)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Afghanistan (Pakhtia) W. aplanatus (111022)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Montenegro (Bar) W. aplanatus (213432)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Japan W. aplanatus (101735) W. sp. (115248)