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Spitidiscus
Taxonomy
Spitidiscus was named by Kilian (1910) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut-l K Barr-u]. Its type is Ammonites rotula. It is the type genus of Spitidiscinae.
It was reranked as Holcodiscus (Spitidiscus) by Cottreau (1934).
It was assigned to Holcodiscus by Cottreau (1934); to Barremitinae by Wright et al. (1996); to Holcodiscidae by Haas (1960) and Reboulet (1996); to Ammonoidea by Imlay (1960) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Spitidiscinae by Rawson and Aguirre-Urreta (2012).
It was reranked as Holcodiscus (Spitidiscus) by Cottreau (1934).
It was assigned to Holcodiscus by Cottreau (1934); to Barremitinae by Wright et al. (1996); to Holcodiscidae by Haas (1960) and Reboulet (1996); to Ammonoidea by Imlay (1960) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Spitidiscinae by Rawson and Aguirre-Urreta (2012).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Spitidiscus Kilian |
| 1934 | Holcodiscus (Spitidiscus) Cottreau p. 4 |
| 1960 | Spitidiscus Haas p. 53 |
| 1960 | Spitidiscus Imlay p. 221 |
| 1996 | Spitidiscus Reboulet p. 159 |
| 1996 | Spitidiscus Wright et al. p. 69 |
| 2002 | Spitidiscus Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Spitidiscus Rawson and Aguirre-Urreta p. 100 |
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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. †Spitidiscus Kilian 1910
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†Holcodiscus (Spitidiscus) escragnollensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Holcodiscus (Spitidiscus) gibbosulus d'Orbigny 1850
†Spitidiscus fasciger Thieuloy 1972
†Spitidiscus intermedius d'Orbigny 1840
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Invalid names: Ammonites vandeckii d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Spitidiscus kilapiae Rawson and Aguirre-Urreta 2012
†Spitidiscus meneghinii Zigno 1919
†Spitidiscus oregonensis Imlay 1960
†Spitidiscus riccardii Leanza and Wiedmann 1992
†Spitidiscus rotula Sowerby 1827
†Spitidiscus simitiensis Haas 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 20 | 19.8 | 14.3 | 33.3 | 18.7 | 5.28 | |
| diameter | 20 | 42.6 | 27.3 | 74.1 | 40.5 | 13.2 | |
| inflation | 20 | 9.38 | 3.80 | 19.7 | 9.50 | 4.80 | |
| shell height | 1 | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| shell diameter | 1 | 28.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| shell inflation | 1 | 6.00 | - | - | - | - |
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Barremian or 140.20000 to 125.00000 Ma
Collections (135 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Valanginian | France | S. meneghinii (202851) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | Portugal | S. rotula (65676) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian | Tunisia | S. sp. (205402) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Spain | S. lorioli (55528) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Italy | S. intermedius (65861) S. meneghinii (65577) S. rotula (12774) S. rotula, S. intermedius (65865) S. sp. (65621 65864) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | France | S. fasciger (202664 202669) S. incertus (220964 220965 220966 220969 220972 220973) S. intermedius (61554 202674 202677) S. meneghinii (202579 202607 202864 202866 202868) S. mikadiensis (61552) S. mikadiensis, S. rotula, S. fasciger (61553) S. rotula (202608 202620 202621) S. sp. (202593 202595 202597 202609 202610 202622 202623 202624 202650 202651 202655 202656 202658 202659 202661 202663 202670 202672 202679 202681 202682 202854) S. sp., S. fasciger (202654 202662) S. sp., S. intermedius (202678) S. sp., S. meneghinii (202590 202592 202594 202596 202598 202599 202867) S. sp., S. rotula (202619 202652) S. sp., S. rotula, S. fasciger (202657 202660) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Tunisia | S. lorioli, S. meneghini (205405) S. meneghini, S. lorioli (205406) S. sp. (205635) S. sp., S. lorioli (205404) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian - Late/Upper Hauterivian | Tunisia | S. rawsoni (205693) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | Argentina (Mendoza) | S. kilapiae (135507 135508 135509) S. sp. (135510) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | Argentina (Neuquen) | S. kilapiae (135511 135512 135514 135515 135516 135517) S. riccardii (135518 135519 135520) S. sp. (135513) | |
| Hauterivian | Morocco (Agadir) | S. meneghinii (37869) | |
| Hauterivian | France (Provence) | S. incertus (56063) S. pavlowi, S. rotula (56775) S. pechhanslensis, S. incertus (56776) S. rotula (56061) S. sp., S. intermedius (56780) | |
| Hauterivian | Czech Republic | S. sp., S. inflatus, S. cankovi (2119) | |
| Hauterivian | Portugal | S. rotula (65729 65740) | |
| Hauterivian | USA (Oregon) | S. oregonensis (157773 157774) | |
| Hauterivian - Barremian | Colombia | S. sp. (83877) | |
| Barremian | Italy | S. intermedius (50801) S. vandeckii (50800) | |
| Barremian | France (Provence) | S. hugii (56065 56784) | |
| Barremian | Colombia | S. simitiensis (83888 83889) | |
| Barremian | Spain (Jaen) | S. hugii, S. vandeckii (2273 2274) S. vandeckii (2265 2266 2267 2268 2269 2270 2271 2275 2276) | |
| Barremian | Georgia | S. andrussowi (2115) | |
| Barremian | Spain (Murcia) | S. hugii, S. vandeckii (2338 2339 2346 2347 2355) S. hugii, S. vendeckii (2354) S. vandeckii (2340 2344 2345 2348 2351 2352 2353 2356 2357 2358 2359) S. vandeckii, S. hugii (2337 2350) |