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Sphenodiscinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Sphenodiscinae was named by Hyatt (1900).

It was assigned to Sphenodiscidae by Wright et al. (1996) and Ahmad et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Sphenodiscinae Hyatt p. 205
1996Sphenodiscinae Wright et al.
2015Sphenodiscinae Ahmad et al. p. 247

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familySphenodiscidae
subfamilySphenodiscinaeHyatt 1900
subfamilySphenodiscinaeHyatt 1900

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. †Sphenodiscinae Hyatt 1900
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G. †Daradiceras Sornay and Tessier 1949
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Daradiceras gignouxi Sornay and Tessier 1949
G. †Nubidites Wiedmann 1979
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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Senegal Daradiceras sp., Daradiceras gignouxi (208783)