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Menuites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy

Menuites was named by Spath (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 971].

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pachydiscidae by Matsumoto (1984), Kennedy and Summesberger (1986), Kennedy and Cobban (1997), Kennedy (1999), Kennedy et al. (2007), Ifrim et al. (2015), Shigeta (2016), Niebuhr et al. (2016), Shigeta and Izukura (2018), Jagt et al. (2019).

Species

Anapachydiscus californicus, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus nelchinensis, Anapachydiscus peninsularis, Anapachydiscus subtililobatum, Anapachydiscus terminus, M. arrialoorensis, M. costatus, M. fresvillensis (syn. Pachydiscus supremus), M. gerardoi, M. menu, M. oralensis, M. portlocki, M. sanadai, M. soyaensis, M. wittekindi

Species lacking formal opinion data

M. complexus, M. deccanensis, M. hauthali, M. naumanni, M. patagonicus, M. rotalinoides, M. steinmanni

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-02-02

Synonyms

Cobbanoscaphites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Menuites by Kennedy and Hancock (1993).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).
Neopachydiscus is a genus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Menuites by Kennedy and Hancock (1993).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Shimizu (1935).
Anapachydiscus was named by Yabe and Shimizu (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 971]. Its type is Parapachydiscus fascicostatus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Menuites by Kennedy and Hancock (1993).

It was assigned to Pachydiscidae by Yabe and Shimizu (1926), Matsumoto (1959), Henderson (1970), Kennedy et al. (1973), Matsumoto (1984), Ward and Kennedy (1993); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Menuites Spath
1926	Anapachydiscus Yabe and Shimizu
1935	Neopachydiscus Shimizu
1959	Anapachydiscus Matsumoto p. 38
1970	Anapachydiscus Henderson p. 62
1973	Anapachydiscus Kennedy et al. p. 101
1984	Anapachydiscus Matsumoto p. 13
1984	Menuites Matsumoto p. 16
1986	Menuites Kennedy and Summesberger p. 192
1993	Anapachydiscus Ward and Kennedy p. 39
1997	Menuites Kennedy and Cobban p. 64
1999	Menuites Kennedy p. 651
2002	Anapachydiscus Sepkoski
2002	Cobbanoscaphites Sepkoski
2002	Menuites Sepkoski
2007	Menuites Kennedy et al. p. 517
2015	Menuites Ifrim et al. p. 234
2016	Menuites Niebuhr et al. p. 213
2016	Menuites Shigeta p. 339
2018	Menuites Shigeta and Izukura p. 18
2019	Menuites Jagt et al. p. 588

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea	(Zittel 1895)
family	Pachydiscidae	Spath 1922
genus	Menuites	Spath 1922

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. †Menuites Spath 1922

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†Menuites arrialoorensis Stoliczka 1865

†Menuites costatus Kennedy and Summesberger 1986

†Menuites fresvillensis Seunes 1890

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Invalid names: Pachydiscus supremus Petho 1906 [synonym]

†Menuites gerardoi Salazar et al. 2010

†Menuites menu Forbes 1846

†Menuites oralensis Cobban and Kennedy 1993

†Menuites portlocki Sharp 1855

†Menuites portlocki complexus Hall and Meek 1855

†Menuites sanadai Matsumoto 1984

†Menuites soyaensis Matsumoto and Miyauchi 1984

†Menuites wittekindi Schlüter 1876

Invalid names: Anapachydiscus Yabe and Shimizu 1926 [synonym], Cobbanoscaphites [synonym], Neopachydiscus [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	27	70.9	14.4	235.0	80.5	60.5
shell diameter	27	144.5	32.0	425.0	154.0	116.9
shell inflation	27	29.0	5.20	88.0	25.0	26.2

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 Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (111 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Antarctica	Anapachydiscus sp. 1 (83371 83372 83373) M. hauthali, M. steinmanni (83334 83338) M. patagonicus (39613) M. steinmanni (83336)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (California)	Anapachydiscus sp. (225705) Canadoceras subtililobatum (44273)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anapachydiscus californicus (224991)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	Anapachydiscus fascicostatus (87025 87026) Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, M. sanadai (87024 87027)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Alaska)	Anapachydiscus nelchinensis (158297)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Wyoming)	Anapachydiscus complexus (1653 1655 1657 1658) Anapachydiscus complexus, M. sp. (1654) M. oralensis (232172)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	Anapachydiscus sp. (83352 83565 83568)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Jersey)	M. complexus (141944)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	M. rotalinoides (64603)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Mexico)	Anapachydiscus sp. (88555)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (South Dakota)	Ammonites complexus (235524)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	Anapachydiscus naumanni (87035)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	Anapachydiscus constrictus, Anapachydiscus sp. 2 (83376) Anapachydiscus sp. (83354) Anapachydiscus sp. 2 (83378)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mexico (Coahuila)	M. sp. (171307)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	Anapachydiscus sp. (221086)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan (Hokkaido)	Anapachydiscus naumanni (94679)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Arkansas)	M. portlocki (83054 83094)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Germany	M. wittekindi, M. portlocki (64215) Pachydiscus wittekindi (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mexico (Coahuila)	M. sp. (174742)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	M. sp. (181919 181926 181929)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Russian Federation	M. soyaensis (237606)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anapachydiscus arrialoorensis (86872 185168 225735) Anapachydiscus californicus (207828 225928 225929) Anapachydiscus sp. (225828) M. sp. (1510)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Iran	M. wittekindi (174519)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	Anapachydiscus sp. 3 (83385 83386 83387 83388) M. sp., Anapachydiscus fascicostatus (83390)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Austria	Anapachydiscus arialoorensis (48008) M. deccanensis, M. arrialoorensis (233830)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Delaware)	Anapachydiscus sp. (6149)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Alaska)	Anapachydiscus nelchinensis (88815 158239)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mexico (Baja California)	Anapachydiscus peninsularis (233831)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Pachydiscus soyaensis (4872)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Angola	M. sp. (88885)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	Anapachydiscus sp. (7467)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	M. soyaensis (199734 199740) M. sp. (199737) M. sp., M. soyaensis (199736)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Jersey)	M. complexus (3870)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Delaware)	M. portlocki (35048)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	M. complexus (57916)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (California)	Anapachydiscus peninsularis (72054)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (California)	Anapachydiscus sp. (215393 225918)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Austria	M. costatus (83619)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Netherlands	Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (82927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	South Africa	M. fresvillensis (166277)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jordan	M. fresvillensis (170239)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	France	Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (83648 83652) M. fresvillensis (165599) Pachydiscus fresvillensis (165598)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Bulgaria (Pleven)	Anapachydiscus terminus (105085)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile	M. fresvillensis (165499 165511) M. fresvillensis, M. gerardoi (165502)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	India	Ammonites menu (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Denmark	Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (67340 67343 67412 67413)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Neopachydiscus naumanni (64616)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Denmark	Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (67409 67414)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Australia (Western Australia)	Pachydiscus fresvillensis (83845 83851 83852 83853 83854 83862 83863 157777 157778 157781 157788 157789)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (California)	Parapachydiscus peninsularis (83774)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mexico (Baja California)	Parapachydiscus peninsularis (158099)