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Macroscaphites
Taxonomy
Macroscaphites was named by Meek (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is the type genus of Macroscaphitidae.
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macroscaphitidae by Renz (1982), Landra et al. (2000), Klein et al. (2007), Kennedy et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macroscaphitidae by Renz (1982), Landra et al. (2000), Klein et al. (2007), Kennedy et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1876 | Macroscaphites Meek |
| 1982 | Macroscaphites Renz p. 20 |
| 2000 | Macroscaphites Landra et al. p. 40 |
| 2002 | Macroscaphites Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Macroscaphites Klein et al. p. 293 |
| 2009 | Macroscaphites Kennedy et al. p. 37 |
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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. †Macroscaphites Meek 1876
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Subg. †Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) Uhlig 1883
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†Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) recticostatus d'Orbigny 1840
Subg. †Macroscaphites (Macroscaphites) Meek 1876
†Macroscaphites alpinus d'Orbigny 1850
†Macroscaphites grebenianus Tietze 1872
†Macroscaphites perforatus Avram 1984
†Macroscaphites soaresi Da Silva 1962
†Macroscaphites striatisulcatus d'Orbigny 1841
†Macroscaphites tirolensis Uhlig 1887
†Macroscaphites yvani Puzos 1831
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 23.2 | 10.0 | 6.63 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 36.3 | 24.0 | 82.3 | 26.0 | 25.2 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 17.1 | 9.50 | 43.6 | 11.5 | 14.8 |
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 125.77000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barremian | Egypt | Costidiscus recticostatus (171271) | |
| Barremian | France (Provence) | Costidiscus nodosostriatus (56058) M. yvani (56059) | |
| Barremian | Italy | Costidiscus recticostatus (50805) | |
| Barremian | Spain (Murcia) | Costidiscus rakusi (2327 2379) | |
| Barremian | Czechia | Costidiscus recticostatus (2121) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | France (Drôme) | M. sp. (157590) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Bulgaria | M. yvani, Costidiscus recticostatus (161852) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Serbia | M. perforatus (169598 169601 169603 169604 169606 169609 169611) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Italy | Costidiscus grebenianus, M. yvani, Costidiscus recticostatus (71828) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Morocco | M. yvani, M. tirolensis, M. grebenianus (240076) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Spain | M. striasulcatus (154653) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Mozambique | M. soaresi (177193) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | France | M. striatisulcatus (228367 228368 228369 228370 228371 228388 228391) M. yvani (228401) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Mexico (Nuevo León) | M. sp. (220651) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | South Africa | M. soaresi (177192) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Italy | Costidiscus sp. (82831) M. recticostatus (82832) M. sp. (82827 82834) | |
| Aptian | Georgia | Costidiscus sp. (2116) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Venezuela (Monagas) | M. striatisulcatus (87921) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Mexico (Zacatecas) | M. sp. (87607) |