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Choctawites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Choctawites Korn and Titus p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGoniatitoidea(Haan 1825)
familyDelepinoceratidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyDombaritinaeKullmann 2007
genusChoctawites

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. †Choctawites Korn and Titus 2015
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Choctawites choctawensis Shumard 1863
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Invalid names: Glyphioceras cumminsi Hyatt 1893 [synonym]
Choctawites cumminsi Hyatt 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height149.403.1024.79.654.98
shell diameter1418.17.3051.017.510.3
shell inflation142.141.006.001.901.41

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Serpukhovian or 340.00000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Georgia) Goniatites kentuckiensis (164684)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0USA (Texas) Goniatites choctawensis (131235)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Arkansas) Goniatites choctawensis (157813 157814 157815 157816 157817 157818 157819 157838 157839 157844 157864 157865 157939 158016 158018)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Oklahoma) Goniatites choctawensis (158038)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Texas) C. cumminsi (169950)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Texas) Goniatites choctawensis (128640)