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Texanites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Texanites was named by Spath (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni-u K Camp-l]. It is the type genus of Texanitinae.

It was reranked as Barroisiceras (Texanites) by Renz (1982).

It was assigned to Peroniceratidae by Wright (1952), Benavides-Caceres (1956); to Barroisiceras by Renz (1982); to Collignoniceratidae by Thomel (1988); to Texanitinae by Kennedy et al. (1973), Kennedy and Cobban (1991), Kennedy and Christensen (1991), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy (1995); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Texanites Spath
1952Texanites Wright
1956Texanites Benavides-Caceres p. 472
1973Texanites Kennedy et al. p. 102
1982Barroisiceras (Texanites) Renz p. 113
1988Texanites Thomel p. 54
1991Texanites Kennedy and Christensen p. 214
1991Texanites Kennedy and Cobban p. 179
1993Texanites Kennedy and Cobban p. 836
1995Texanites Kennedy p. 420
2002Neoselwynoceras Sepkoski
2002Texanites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusTexanitesSpath 1932

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. †Texanites Spath 1932
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Subg. †Texanites (Plesiotexanites) Matsumoto 1970
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Subg. †Plesiotexanites (Eutexanites) Klinger and Kennedy 1980
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†Texanites angolanus Haas 1942
†Texanites dichotomus Collignon 1948
†Texanites hourcqi Collignon 1948
†Texanites kawasakii Kawada 1929
†Texanites quattuornodosus Lasswitz 1904
†Texanites venustus Collignon 1948
Invalid names: Neoselwynoceras [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height260.634.5106.570.550.9
shell diameter2173.2100.0300.0200.0141.4
shell inflation272.741.0129.085.062.2

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) T. omeraensis (82259)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Mexico (Guerrero) Barroisiceras dentatocarinata (100120)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Haiti T. sp. (88267)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Nigeria T. sp. (82737)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Poland T. sp. (183406)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) Barroisiceras dentatocarinatum (88535 88536 88537)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Canada (British Columbia) Plesiotexanites sp. (87708)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France T. collignoni (69894)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Venezuela (Trujillo) Barroisiceras dentatocarinatum (88268)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) T. gallicus (99927) T. vanhoepeni (99922 99937)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7South Africa Plesiotexanites sextuberculatus (82441)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6France T. quinquenodosus (69871)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) T. kawasakii (224929)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Spain T. gallicus (66969) T. hispanicus, T. oliveti, Plesiotexanites sp., T. quinquenodosus, T. gallicus (66968)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Colorado) T. americanus (87852 87854)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) T. sp. (38158)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria T. quinquenodosus (173328)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Texas) T. gallicus (99933 99935)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6France T. quinquenodosus (69895)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Denmark T. pseudotexanum (70059 70060)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France T. collignoni (69872)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Mortoniceras texanum (239869)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa Plesiotexanites stangeri (82463) T. soutoni (82462) T. stangeri (82629)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) T. sp., T. gallicus (3584)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon T. texanus (92241)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France T. americanus (179640) T. gallicus (179659) T. soutoni (179639)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Delaware) T. sp. (88607)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Madagascar T. collignoni (232213) T. sp., T. collignoni, T. soutoni (232218)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan T. sp. (82350 82352 82354 82356)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) T. omeraensis (87849)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Angola T. venustus (210904 210905)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6France T. gallicus (179740) T. gallicus, T. soutoni (179605) T. quinquenodosus (179741 179742 179743) T. quinquenodosus, T. soutoni (179665)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa Plesiotexanites matsumotoi (82470) T. solutoni (82472 82473) T. umzambiense (82460 82469)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa T. stangeri (66070)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France T. quinquenodosus (179203)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Cameroon Submortoniceras soutoni (82792) T. dichotomous (209686) T. quattuornodosus, Submortoniceras soutoni (209645)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Peru (Cajamarca) T. hourcqi (88154)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Ammonites stangeri, Ammonites soutoni (175261)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Angola T. angolanus (210985)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan T. kawasakii (62212)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Cuba T. sp. (100121)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Gabon Mortoniceras texanum (209612)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan T. sp. (62237)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2South Africa T. stangeri (82728)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Plesiotexanites stangeri (66993)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Cameroon T. quinquenodosus (209676)