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Witchelliinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy

Witchelliinae was named by Callomon and Chandler (2006). Its type is Witchellia.

It was assigned to Sonniniidae by Howarth (2013), Galácz (2015) and Sandoval (2022).

Subtaxa

Asthenoceras, Dorsetensia, Fontannesia (syn. Nannina, Darellella), Guhsania, Newmarracarroceras, Witchellia (syn. Zugella, Gelasinites, Dundryites, Anolkoleiites, Zugophorites, Pelekodites, Rubrileiites, Hyalinites, Spatulites, Maceratites) (type genus)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2006	Witchelliinae Callomon and Chandler
2013	Witchelliinae Howarth p. 119
2015	Witchelliinae Galácz
2022	Witchelliinae Sandoval p. 822

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Hildoceratoidea	(Hyatt 1867)
family	Sonniniidae	Buckman 1892
subfamily	Witchelliinae	Callomon and Chandler 2006
subfamily	Witchelliinae	Callomon and Chandler 2006

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.

Subfm. †Witchelliinae Callomon and Chandler 2006

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G. †Asthenoceras

†Asthenoceras nannodes Buckman 1890

G. †Dorsetensia

†Dorsetensia arabica Arkell 1952

†Dorsetensia edouardiana d'Orbigny 1846

†Dorsetensia hannoverana Hiltermann 1939

†Dorsetensia hebridica Morton 1972

†Dorsetensia liostraca Buckman 1892

Invalid names: Dorsetensia liostraca subtecta Huf 1968 [invalid subgroup]

†Dorsetensia pinguis Roemer 1836

†Dorsetensia regrediens Haug 1893

†Dorsetensia romani Schlegelmilch 1985

†Dorsetensia tessoniana d'Orbigny 1846

Invalid names: Dorsetensia liostraca tecta Huf 1968 [invalid subgroup]

G. †Fontannesia

†Fontannesia austroamericana Jaworski 1926

†Fontannesia montillanensis Linares and Sandoval 1988

Invalid names: Darellella Buckman 1904 [synonym], Nannina Buckman 1927 [synonym]

G. †Guhsania

G. †Newmarracarroceras Hall 1989

†Newmarracarroceras clarkei Crick 1894

Invalid names: Dorsetensia etheridgei Whitehouse 1924 [synonym], Fontannesia whitehousei Arkell 1954 [synonym]

†Newmarracarroceras fairbridgei Arkell 1954

G. †Witchellia Buckman 1889

†Witchellia albida Buckman 1926

†Witchellia australica Arkell 1954

†Witchellia companyi Sandoval 2022

†Witchellia connata Buckman 1927

†Witchellia hyalina Buckman 1924

Invalid names: Sonninites simulans Buckman 1926 [synonym]

†Witchellia jugifera Waagen 1867

†Witchellia laeviuscula Sowerby 1824

†Witchellia macer Buckman 1889

Invalid names: Maceratites aurifer Buckman 1928 [synonym], Maceratites costulatus Buckman 1928 [synonym]

†Witchellia minima Hiltermann 1939

†Witchellia moisyi Brasil 1893

†Witchellia nodatipinguis Buckman 1923

†Witchellia peleka Buckman 1923

†Witchellia romanoides Douville 1885

†Witchellia ruber Buckman 1926

†Witchellia sayni Haug 1893

Invalid names: Ludwigia corrugata Douville 1885 [synonym]

†Witchellia striata Sandoval 2022

†Witchellia sutneroides Westermann 1969

Invalid names: Anolkoleiites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Dundryites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Gelasinites Buckman 1925 [synonym], Hyalinites Buckman 1924 [synonym], Maceratites Buckman 1928 [synonym], Pelekodites Buckman 1923 [synonym], Rubrileiites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Spatulites Buckman 1928 [synonym], Zugella Buckman 1927 [synonym], Zugophorites Buckman 1922 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.10000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections (84 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Concavum	175.6 - 171.6	Morocco	Asthenoceras sp. (141215) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia aurita (141211) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia aurita, Fontannesia sp. (141208) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia luculenta, Fontannesia sp. B, Fontannesia montillanensis (141223) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia montillanensis (141225) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia sp., Fontannesia luculenta (141217) Fontannesia aurita (141206 141213) Fontannesia aurita, Fontannesia sp. (141209) Fontannesia sp. (141207 141221)
Late/Upper Aalenian	175.6 - 171.6	Spain	Fontannesia sp. (73290)
Late/Upper Aalenian	175.6 - 171.6	Morocco	Fontannesia luculenta (141219)
Aalenian	174.1 - 170.3	Chile (Copiapó)	Fontannesia sp. (223667)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	Saudi Arabia	Dorsetensia arabica (184563 184564) Dorsetensia arabica, Dorsetensia liostraca (184541) Dorsetensia tecta (141473)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	USA (Oregon)	Asthenoceras delicatum, Fontannesia costula, Witchellia evoluta, Pelekodites webergi (202846)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	Australia (Western Australia)	Ammonites clarkei (171208) Fontannesia clarkei (171212 171214 171229 171230) Fontannesia clarkei, Fontannesia whitehousei (171213 171220) Fontannesia fairbridgei (171211) Fontannesia sp. (171216) Fontannesia whitehousei (171209 171215 171231) Newmarracarroceras clarkei (171243 171244 171245 171246 171247 171248 171249 171250 171251 171252 171253 171254 171255 171256 171257) Newmarracarroceras fairbridgei (171259) Witchellia australica (171210)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	Spain	Fontannesia sp., Witchellia sp., Witchellia falcata, Fontannesia clarkei, Witchellia connata, Dorsetensia romani (73294)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	Hungary	Witchellia jugifera, Witchellia sayni (220904)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	USA (Alaska)	Asthenoceras nannodes, Pelekodites pelekus (175668) Pelekodites spatians (175678) Witchellia sutneroides (175614 175620 175622 175650 175651 175665) Witchellia sutneroides, Pelekodites spatians (175673)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	Germany	Dorsetensia pinguis (62198)
Early/Lower Bajocian	171.6 - 168.4	Canada (British Columbia)	Dorsetensia spp. (200309 200310)
Discites	171.6 - 167.7	Morocco	Asthenoceras sp. (141236) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia despecta (141231) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia sp., Fontannesia explanata (141233) Asthenoceras sp., Fontannesia sp., Fontannesia montillanensis (141227) Fontannesia sp. (141229)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian	171.6 - 167.7	Germany	Dorsetensia deltafalcata, Dorsetensia sp., Dorsetensia liostraca (62200)
Laeviuscula	171.6 - 167.7	USA (Alaska)	Witchellia sutneroides (175621)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	China (Xizang)	Dorsetensia sp., Fontannesia luculenta (61426)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Chile (Chañaral)	Dorsetensia sp. (223834)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Tunisia	Pelekodites sulcata, Dorsetensia romani (169200) Witchellia sutneri (169203)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Saudi Arabia	Dorsetensia complanata (48082) Dorsetensia sp. (48078) Dorsetensia subtecta (45268) Dorsetensia tecta (45267 48034 48038) Dorsetensia tecta, Dorsetensia sp. (45266) Pelekodites zurcheri (48081 48085)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	USA (California)	Dorsetensia liostraca (200048)
Bajocian - Bathonian	170.3 - 166.1	Chile (Chañaral)	Dorsetensia sp. (223832)