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Sunrisites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Sunrisites was named by Guex (1980). Its type is Sunrisites sunrisense.

It was synonymized subjectively with Franziceras by Howarth (2013).

It was assigned to Sunrisitinae by Longridge et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Sunrisites Guex p. 137
2008Sunrisites Longridge et al. p. 130

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPsiloceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyPsiloceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusSunrisitesGuex 1980

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. †Sunrisites Guex 1980
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Sunrisites brimblecombei Longridge et al. 2008
Sunrisites chilcotinensis Longridge et al. 2008
Sunrisites chilensis Hillebrandt 2000
Sunrisites hadroptychus Waehner 1886
Sunrisites senililevis Longridge et al. 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height913.87.1026.013.46.36
diameter946.023.291.045.023.1
inflation921.710.043.521.012.0
shell height3112.05.0086.010.117.5
shell diameter3138.617.0227.030.745.4
shell inflation3117.68.3087.615.317.0

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 Middle Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5USA (Alaska) S. sp. (68721)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) S. brimblecombei (157368 157372 157373 157378 157384 157412 157418) S. brimblecombei, S. chilcotinensis (157360 157361 157363 157365 157370 157376 157419) S. chilcotinensis (157375) S. chilensis (84813 84814) S. senililevis (84784 157387) S. senililevis, S. brimblecombei (157385 157392 157393)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5USA (Nevada) S. hadroptychus (188622)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) S. brimblecombei (53361 53365 53570) S. brimblecombei, S. chilcotinensis (53201 53363)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Peru S. peruvianus (209057 209230 209240 209241 209242)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy (L'Aquila) S. sp. (196794)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile S. peruvianus (209278 209312 209325 209497)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) S. chilensis (84736 84740 84777 84916 84917 84918 84919 84979 84980 84981)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile S. chilensis (209516) S. peruvianus (209320 209546 209548 209550 209555 209605) S. peruvianus, S. chilensis (209512 209514 209547 209559 209560) S. sp. (209286 209311 209515) S. sunrisensis (209551 209553)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9USA (Oregon) S. sunrisensis (201174)