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Sciponoceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites gracilis was named by Shumard (1860).

It was recombined as Sciponoceras gracile by Cooper (1978), Wilmsen and Nagm (2013), Wilmsen and Nagm (2014), Sealey and Lucas (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Baculites gracilis Shumard
1958Cyrtochilus stylus Anderson p. 188 figs. pl. 11, fig. 5, 5a
1978Sciponoceras gracile Cooper p. 70 figs. 12B-D
2013Sciponoceras gracile Wilmsen and Nagm p. 666 fig. 18C,D
2014Sciponoceras gracile Wilmsen and Nagm p. 232 fig. 13i,j
2019Sciponoceras gracile Sealey and Lucas p. 187 fig. 51A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusSciponocerasHyatt 1894
speciesgracile(Shumard 1860)

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.

Sciponoceras gracile Shumard 1860
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Invalid names: Cyrtochilus stylus Anderson 1958 [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: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Sciponoceras gracile (5608 5610)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Cyrtochilus stylus (44197 83773)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Sciponoceras gracile (88813)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Cyrtochilus stylus (44208)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Sciponoceras gracile (87692)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Sciponoceras gracile (175427 175428)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Sciponoceras gracile (4022)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Sciponoceras gracile (53498 55562 55563 176939)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Sciponoceras gracile (78164)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) Sciponoceras gracile (175421)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Sciponoceras gracile (175717 177097 234307)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Sciponoceras gracile (167817 175425 230780 230782)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Cyrtochilus stylus (185727)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Sciponoceras gracile (175545)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Sachsen) Sciponoceras gracile (172053 172055 172061 172065)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Sciponoceras gracile (234310)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Sciponoceras gracile (90516)
Middle Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian93.9 - 72.2USA (Utah) Sciponoceras gracile (100218)