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Stehnocephalites gerthi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Indocephalites gerthi was named by Spath (1928). It is the type species of Stehnocephalites.

It was recombined as Stehnocephalites gerthi by Parent (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Indocephalites gerthi Spath
1998Stehnocephalites gerthi Parent p. 95 figs. 16A-E, 17A-E, 18A-H, 19A-G, 20A-E, 21A-D, 22A,B, 23A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyEurycephalitinaeThierry 1976
genusStehnocephalites
speciesgerthi(Spath 1928)

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.

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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 Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Argentina (Neuquén) Stehnocephalites gerthi (235861 235862 235941 235942 235943 235944 235945 235947 235948 235949)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Argentina (Neuquen) Stehnocephalites gerthi (158971 158972 158973 158975 158976 158977 158978 158979 158981)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Nequen) Stehnocephalites gerthi (4883)