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Spiticeras (Spiticeras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Spiticeras (Spiticeras) Uhlig
2015Spiticeras (Spiticeras) Zell et al. p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusSpiticeras
subgenusSpiticerasUhlig 1903

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.

Subg. †Spiticeras (Spiticeras) Uhlig 1903
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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 Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 149.20000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06India Spiticeras spitiensis (65881 65890)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) Spiticeras n. sp. undet. (224832)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Chile Spiticeras spitiense (151672)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Spiticeras pricei (2623 2624 2627 2629 2632 2633 2634) Spiticeras spitiense, Spiticeras indicum (2631) Spiticeras subspitiense, Spiticeras pricei (2625 2630)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05USA (California) Spiticeras sp. (224855)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Spain (Murcia) Spiticeras kiliani (191927)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Iraq (Zakho) Spiticeras spathi (192411)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Antarctica Spiticeras spitense (51832)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05USA (Oregon) Spiticeras cautleyi (225874)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Antarctica Spiticeras spitiensis (190850)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Chile Spiticeras pricei (151673) Spiticeras spitiense (151674)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Mexico (Oaxaca) Spiticeras kiliani (171681)