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Coahuilites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Coahuilites was named by Böse (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 971].

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Böse (1928); to Sphenodiscinae by Wright et al. (1996); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sphenodiscidae by Kennedy et al. (1996) and Landman and Cobban (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Coahuilites Böse p. 279
1996Coahuilites Kennedy et al. p. 6
1996Coahuilites Wright et al. p. 205
2002Coahuilites Sepkoski
2003Coahuilites Landman and Cobban p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familySphenodiscidae
genusCoahuilites

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. †Coahuilites Böse 1928
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Coahuilites cavinsi Böse 1928
Coahuilites orynskii Böse 1928
Coahuilites sheltoni Böse 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height272.463.482.773.013.6
shell diameter2128.6111.0149.0130.026.9
shell inflation27.214.6011.37.954.74

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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. sp. (4563)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) C. cavinsi (88239 88240) C. sheltoni (88237) C. sheltoni, C. orynskii (88238)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) C. sheltoni (178280 178281 178282 178283 178284 178308)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) C. sheltoni (178309)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (4163)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. sp. (4202)