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Stacheites floweri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dinaritidae

Taxonomy
Stacheites floweri was named by Kummel (1969). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cain Mountain, southern Tobin Range, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in the Tobin Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. undatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Stacheites floweri Kummel
2010Stacheites floweri Guex et al. p. 26 figs. Pl 3, figs 3-5; pl 53, fig 1
2016Pseudokymatites tabulatus Ehiro et al. p. 94 figs. 2.5, 2.6
2024Stacheites floweri Shigeta et al. p. 21 figs. 16, 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyDinaritidaeMojsisovics 1882
genusStacheites
speciesfloweri

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.

†Stacheites floweri Kummel 1969
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Invalid names: Pseudokymatites tabulatus Ehiro et al. 2016 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height718.814.025.020.04.74
shell diameter739.825.060.041.011.5
shell inflation74.283.006.004.001.14

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan Dalmatites sp. (186957) Pseudokymatites tabulatus, Metadagnoceras sp. (173664) Stacheites floweri (236955 236956 236960 236962) Stacheites sp., Prohungarites sp. (186958)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Nevada) Stacheites floweri (type locality: 213026)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Stacheites floweri (109413 109415)