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Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites pulcherrimus was named by Roemer (1841).

It was recombined as Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus by Atabekyan and Khakimov (1976) and Kennedy (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Scaphites pulcherrimus Roemer p. 91
1866Scaphites multinodosus Hauer p. 306 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,8
1976Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus Atabekyan and Khakimov p. 68 figs. Pl 8, fig 3; pl 12, fig 1
1986Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus Kennedy p. 132 figs. Pl 13, fig 4; pl 15, fig 4; pl 16, figs 8,9,12-17; text-fig 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusTrachyscaphitesCobban and Scott 1964
speciespulcherrimus(Roemer 1841)

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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Invalid names: Scaphites multinodosus Hauer 1866 [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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine) Scaphites pulcherrimus (87756)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (67002)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (64215)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Tajikistan Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (186533 186534)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (165819 165832 165839 165905 165921)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (48008)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (57916)