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Discoscaphites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Discoscaphites was named by Meek (1870) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 971,1107]. Its type is Ammonites coelonotus.

It was reranked as Scaphites (Discoscaphites) by Birkelund (1965).

It was assigned to Scaphites by Birkelund (1965); to Scaphitinae by Landman and Waage (1993), Kennedy et al. (1997); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. conradi (syn. D. roanensis), D. gulosus, D. iris, D. minardi, D. rossi, D. sphaeroidalis, Scaphites (Discoscaphites) waagei
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. abyssinius, D. constrictus, D. erucoideus, D. nicoletti
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2022-06-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Discoscaphites Meek
1965Scaphites (Discoscaphites) Birkelund p. 116
1993Discoscaphites Landman and Waage p. 194
1997Discoscaphites Kennedy et al. p. 21
2002Discoscaphites 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
genusDiscoscaphitesMeek 1870

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. †Discoscaphites Meek 1870
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†Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834
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Invalid names: Discoscaphites roanensis Stephenson 1941 [synonym]
†Discoscaphites gulosus Morton 1834
†Discoscaphites iris Conrad 1858
†Discoscaphites minardi Landman et al. 2004
†Discoscaphites rossi Landman and Waage 1993
†Discoscaphites sphaeroidalis Kennedy and Cobban 2000
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 Santonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (172 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) D. conradi (125141)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Scaphites sp. (44238)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) D. erucoideus (7440)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. sp. (4101) Scaphites conradi (239484)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (1575 1577 1582 1583 1586) D. sp. nov. (1584)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) D. conradi, D. gulosus (26818)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) D. conradi (4247) D. sp. (4252 4255)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) D. sp. (213092)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) D. abyssinius, D. conradi (125950)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Colorado) D. conradi (71838)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Libya D. iris (208625)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. conradi (4143 4148 4157 4160 4161 4163 4165 4167 4168) D. iris (4123 4125 4126 4127 4130 4134 205798 212621) D. iris, D. minardi (205793 205796 205797) D. sp. (4138 4147) D. sp., D. conradi (4137 4142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. conradi (4421 4431 4434 4453 4455) D. gulosus, D. sphaeroidalis (211605) D. sp. (4395 4411 4418 4422 4429 4436 4439 4491 4496 4523 5555 5556 5558 5565 5567)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) D. conradi (178606 178628 178629 178630 178631 178632 178633 178637 178639 178640 178642) D. conradi, D. gulosus (88510 88512 178555 178557 178561 178600 178602 178634 178638) D. gulosus (178553 178558 178559 178563 178564 178572 178601 178604 178624 178643 178644 178645 178646 178647 178648 178649 178650 178651 178652 178653 178654 178655) D. rossi (178579 178580 178582 178586 178614 178623 178656 178657 178658) D. sp., D. conradi, D. gulosus, D. rossi (88511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) D. iris (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) D. iris (4385) D. iris, D. minardi, D. sphaeroidalis (205794) D. sp. (4383 4384)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) D. conradi (4175 4178 4197 4199 4200 4204 4213 4215 4216 4223 83225) D. conradi, D. gulosus, D. iris, D. minardi (205803) D. conradi, D. gulosus, D. minardi (205799) D. iris, Scaphites conradi (4203) D. sp. (4177 4180 4183 4196 4198 4201 4219 83238) D. sp., D. conradi, D. iris (4202) D. sp., D. iris (4194) Scaphites conradi (4192 4193 4205 4206 4207 197246)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) D. iris, D. minardi (205795)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) D. conradi (4364 4368 4372 4374 4375 4376) D. conradi, D. iris (4369 4370) D. gulosus (82404) D. iris (4371) D. sp., D. conradi (4367)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) D. conradi (4390) D. sp. (4388 4392)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Greenland Scaphites sp. (70240) Scaphites waagei (70218 70221 70223)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) D. conradi (4380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. sp. (211604)