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Clioscaphites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Clioscaphites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Clioscaphites montanensis.

It was assigned to Scaphitidae by Tanabe (1977); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. choteauensis, C. montanensis (type species), C. saxitonianus, C. vermiformis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. vermitiformis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Clioscaphites Tanabe p. 18
2002Clioscaphites Sepkoski

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

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.

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†Clioscaphites vermiformis Meek and Hayden 1862
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 93.90000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) C. choteauensis (82259)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Santonian93.9 - 83.6Greenland C. saxitonianus (70188)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan C. sp. (86991)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan C. sp. (86996)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (87760)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Scaphites vermiformis (87433 87569)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Colorado) C. saxitonianus (74324 74325 87854) C. saxitonianus, C. vermiformis, C. choteauensis (87852)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Montana) C. sp. (89497)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Greenland C. saxitonianus (70192 70194 70202 70206)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Colorado) C. choteauensis (87855)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Scaphites vermiformis (87515)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) C. vermiformis (87848) C. vermiformis, C. choteauensis (87849)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Colorado) C. choteauensis (74328) C. saxitonianus (74326) C. vermiformis (74327)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Montana) C. vermiformis (89498)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Wyoming) C. vermiformis (87779)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Wyoming) C. saxitonianus (87776)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) C. vermitiformis (82261 82264 82268)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) C. choteauensis (94652)