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Staffites curvispinus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites curvispina was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1850).

It was recombined as Staffites curvispinus by Korn and Klug (2002); it was recombined as Cheiloceras (Staffites) curvispina by Woroncowa-Marcinowska (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Goniatites curvispina Sandberger and Sandberger p. 108 figs. Pl 10, fig 2; pl 10b, figs 9,10,24,28
1914Cheiloceras acutilobum Sobolew
2002Staffites acutilobum Korn and Klug p. 180
2002Staffites curvispinus Korn and Klug p. 180
2006Cheiloceras (Staffites) curvispina Woroncowa-Marcinowska p. 142 figs. 34A,B, 35C-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyCheiloceratinaeFrech 1897
genusStaffitesWedekind 1918
speciescurvispinus(Sandberger and Sandberger 1850)

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.

†Staffites curvispinus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras acutilobum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.3
shell diameter135.3
shell inflation10.001

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: Early/Lower Famennian or 376.10000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Poland Cheiloceras curvispina (135719 135749)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany Cheiloceras curvispina (187041 187042 187051 187056)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Rhenish Massif) Cheiloceras curvispina (5960)