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Semenoviceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy

Semenoviceras was named by Wright et al. (1996). Its type is Hoplites michalskii.

It was assigned to Anahoplitinae by Cecca (1997); and to Hoplitinae by Wright et al. (1996) and Mosavinia et al. (2014).

Species

S. (Planihoplites), S. (Semenoviceras), S. michalskii (syn. Hoplites pseudoauritus, Semenovites (Semenovites) tamalakensis), S. solidus, Semenovites (Semenovites)

Synonyms

Semenovites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Hoplites michalskii. It is the type genus of Semenovitinae.

It was replaced with Semenoviceras by Cecca (1997).

It was assigned to Semenovitinae by Amédro et al. (1977); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Semenovites Amédro et al. p. 976
1996	Semenoviceras Wright et al. p. 119
1997	Semenoviceras Cecca p. 327
2002	Semenovites Sepkoski
2014	Semenoviceras Mosavinia et al. p. 77

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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	Hoplitoidea	(Douvillé 1890)
family	Hoplitidae	Douvillé 1890
subfamily	Hoplitinae	Douvillé 1890
genus	Semenoviceras

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. †Semenoviceras Wright et al. 1996

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Subg. †Semenoviceras (Planihoplites) Saveliev 1992

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†Semenoviceras (Planihoplites) mangyshlakense Saveliev 1960

†Semenoviceras (Planihoplites) pseudocoelonodum Semenov 1899

†Semenoviceras (Planihoplites) uhligi Semenov 1899

Subg. †Semenoviceras (Semenoviceras) Wright 1996

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†Semenoviceras (Semenoviceras) baisunense Luppov 1961

†Semenoviceras (Semenoviceras) litschkovi Saveliev 1960

†Semenovites baisunensis iranensis Amédro et al. 1977

†Semenoviceras michalskii Semenov 1899

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Invalid names: Hoplites pseudoauritus Semenov 1899 [synonym], Semenovites (Semenovites) tamalakensis Saveliev 1992 [synonym]

†Semenoviceras solidus Savelev 1960

Invalid names: Semenovites [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	17	41.1	24.5	68.0	43.0	11.6
shell diameter	17	84.2	52.0	138.0	91.0	23.4
shell inflation	17	16.1	9.50	22.0	16.0	4.50

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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Albian or 105.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Kazakhstan	S. mangyshlakense (182872)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Iran	S. michalskii (174593) S. solidus (174582 174587) Semenovites baisunensis, Semenovites michalskii (182871)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Kazakhstan	S. michalskii, S. litschkovi, S. uhligi, S. pseudocoelonodum (182873)