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Acanthoscaphites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoscaphites was named by Nowak (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 971,1107].

It was assigned to Acanthoceratinae by Russell and Landes (1937); to Scaphitinae by Kennedy and Summesberger (1987); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Acanthoscaphites Nowak
1937Acanthoscaphites Russell and Landes p. 177
1987Acanthoscaphites Kennedy and Summesberger p. 35
2002Acanthoscaphites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusAcanthoscaphitesNowak 1911

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. †Acanthoscaphites Nowak 1911
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†Acanthoscaphites plenus Meek and Hayden 1861
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (1619)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Kansas) A. reesidei (71834)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. sp. (87439)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. quadrangularis, A. plenus (82638)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany A. roemeri (64142)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) A. brevis (213159) A. brevis, A. planus (213158) A. brevis, A. planus, A. quadrangularis (213157) A. planus (213002) A. sp. (213083)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium A. tridens (82909)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) A. sp., A. quadrangularis (82644)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (1586 1588)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands A. sp., A. verneuilianus (82927) A. tridens (82411)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) A. sp. (82643)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France A. verneuilianus (83648)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark A. tridens (67415) A. varians (67404 67405)