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Gastroplites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Gastroplites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gastroplitinae by Wright (1952), Nagy (1970) and Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
G. canadensis, G. subquadratus
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. canadense, G. kingi, G. spiekeri, G. stantoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Gastroplites Wright
1970Gastroplites Nagy p. 32
1996Gastroplites Wright et al. p. 122
2002Gastroplites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilyGastroplitinae
genusGastroplites

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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†Gastroplites canadensis Whiteaves 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.0
shell diameter147.0
shell inflation110.0

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 Middle Albian to the top of the Albian or 109.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Northwest Territories) G. stantoni, G. sp. (87435)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) G. kingi (99351)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Nunavut) G. stantoni (87634)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (California) Placenticeras n. sp. (225509)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen G. sp. A (174874) G. sp. B (174883) G. subquadratus (174875)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (British Columbia) G. kingi (87657)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Netherlands Antilles G. sp. (82385)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (British Columbia) G. allani (87644 87648) G. allani, G. sp., G. spiekeri (87661) G. allani, G. spiekeri, G. canadensis (87645) G. allani, G. spiekeri, G. sp., G. canadensis (87647) G. allani, G. stantoni, G. canadensis (87653) G. kingi (87649 87656) G. kingi, G. allani, G. canadensis (87642 87652) G. kingi, G. allani, G. spiekeri, G. canadensis (87643) G. kingi, G. canadense, G. sp. (87650) G. kingi, G. canadensis (87655) G. kingi, G. spiekeri, G. canadensis (87654) G. spiekeri, G. sp. (87651) G. stantoni, G. sp. (87646)