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Spiticeras (Spiticeras) spitiensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites spitiensis was named by Blanford (1863). It is the type species of Spiticeras (Spiticeras).

It was recombined as Spiticeras (Spiticeras) spitiense by Howarth (1998); it was recombined as Spiticeras (Spiticeras) spitiensis by Dochev et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites spitiensis Blanford p. 131 figs. Pl 2, Fig 4
1864Ammonites spitiensis Blanford
1998Spiticeras (Spiticeras) spitiense Howarth p. 79
2017Spiticeras (Spiticeras) spitiensis Dochev et al. p. 1560 fig. 3c,d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusSpiticeras
subgenusSpiticerasUhlig 1903
speciesspitiensis(Blanford 1863)

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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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 Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 149.20000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06India Spiticeras spitiensis (65881 65890)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Chile Spiticeras spitiense (151672)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Spiticeras spitiense (2631)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Antarctica Spiticeras spitiensis (190850)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Chile Spiticeras spitiense (151674)