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Arcthoplites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Arcthoplites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Hoplites jachromensis. It is the type genus of Arcthoplitinae.

It was assigned to Gastroplitinae by Nagy (1970) and Alabushev (1995); to Cleoniceratidae by Wright et al. (1996); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arcthoplitinae by Lehmann et al. (2013) and Lehmann et al. (2016).

Species
A. (Subarcthoplites), A. birkenmajeri, A. jachromensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. aburense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Arcthoplites Nagy p. 32
1995Arcthoplites Alabushev p. 128
1996Arcthoplites Wright et al. p. 96
2002Arcthoplites Sepkoski
2013Arcthoplites Lehmann et al. p. 209
2016Arcthoplites Lehmann et al. p. 454

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCleoniceratidae()
subfamilyArcthoplitinae
genusArcthoplites

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1319.111.078.017.017.9
shell diameter1346.924.0185.048.041.8
shell inflation1313.36.0045.012.010.1

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 112.03000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Subarctoplites belli (87427)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) A. aburense, A. belli (87379) Lemuroceras belli (87418)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greenland A. jachromensis (160920) A. sp. (160912 160914 160919)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. jachromensis (212815 212981) A. sp., A. jachromensis (212816)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Alaska) A. sp., Lemuroceras belli (38516)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Alaska) A. belli (88627) A. talkeetnanus (88908) Lemuroceras sp. (38514)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Russian Federation (Vladimir) A. bogoslowskyi, A. gerassimovi (235277)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. birkenmajeri (174862 174869 174870 174872 174892) A. jachromensis (174855 174856 174857 174863 174879)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan (Hokkaido) A. sp. (92725)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Russian Federation A. talkeetnanus (169549) A. talkeetnanus, A. belli (169558) A. talkeetnanus, A. mcconnelli (169554)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Canada (Northwest Territories) A. sp. (87632 87633)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Germany A. jachromensis (183539 183554) A. sp. (183540 183556)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Denmark A. sp., Subarcthoplites sp., Protohoplites puzosianus, Pseudosonneratia occidentalis (71077)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Canada (Alberta) Subarctoplites belli (87432)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Russian Federation (Vladimir) A. gerassimovi, A. bogoslowskyi, A. subjachromensis, A. nikolskensis, A. sp., A. jachromensis (235282)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Northwest Territories) A. sp. (87628)