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Stikinoceras kerri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thisbitidae

Taxonomy
Stikinoceras kerri was named by McLearn (1930). Its type specimen is GSC 9048 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Stikinoceras.

Synonyms
  • Stikinoceras robustum was named by McLearn (1937). Its type specimen is GSC 8839 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 9851, Brown Hill, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Stikinoceras kerri by Tozer (1994).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Stikinoceras kerri McLearn p. 5 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1937Stikinoceras robustum McLearn p. 98 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1951Stikinoceras kerri Spath p. 75
1994Stikinoceras kerri Tozer p. 233 figs. Pl 109, figs 17-20; pl 119, figs 1a,b; text-figs 87a,b
2009Stikinoceras kerri Seyed-Emami et al. p. 193 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,8a-b,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyThisbitidae
genusStikinocerasMcLearn 1930
specieskerriMcLearn 1930

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.

†Stikinoceras kerri McLearn 1930
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Invalid names: Stikinoceras robustum McLearn 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter527.917.942.227.18.89

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kaihikuan to the top of the Lacian or 238.00000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaihikuan238.0 - 227.5USA (Nevada) Stikinoceras kerri (174405 174406 174408)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) Stikinoceras kerri (46570 46627 137090 137092 137111 137975 137991 137992 137995 138592 141655 141656 141658 141675 141690 141691 141717 141718 141738) Stikinoceras kerri, Stikinoceras robustum (137056)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Iran Stikinoceras kerri (150600 150601)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Nevada) Stikinoceras kerri (174404 174417 174419)