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Danubites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Danubitidae

Taxonomy
Danubites was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Ceratites (Danubites) by Diener (1897).

It was assigned to Ceratites by Diener (1897); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Danubitidae by Spath (1951), Nakazawa and Bando (1968), Tozer (1981), Vavilov and Arkadiev (1986) and Ehiro (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Danubites Mojsisovics
1897Ceratites (Danubites) Diener
1900Ceratites (Florianites) Hyatt
1951Danubites Spath p. 13
1968Danubites Nakazawa and Bando
1981Danubites Tozer p. 94
1986Danubites Vavilov and Arkadiev p. 41
2002Danubites Sepkoski
2022Danubites Ehiro p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDanubitoidea()
familyDanubitidae
genusDanubitesMojsisovics 1893

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. †Danubites Mojsisovics 1893
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†Danubites ambika Diener 1895
†Danubites borealis Kiparisova 1937
†Danubites ellipticus Diener 1897
†Danubites floriani von Mojsisovics 1882
†Danubites glaber Vavilov 1969
†Danubites michaelis von Mojsisovics 1882
†Danubites planidorsatus Diener 1897
†Danubites taimyrensis Vavilov 1969
†Danubites tozeri Korchinskaya 1982
Invalid names: Florianites Hyatt 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height614.17.1020.616.45.74
shell diameter650.827.082.755.019.2
shell inflation623.613.244.323.914.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Aegean or 251.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2India D. planidorsatus (211001)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India D. ellipticus, D. planidorsatus (44019) D. planidorsatus (85463)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Afghanistan D. kanda, D. kamarkoensis (41671)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen D. sp. (211987)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation D. tozeri (177672)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Japan D. sp., D. ambika (101744)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation D. glaber, D. taimyrensis (123727) D. taimyrensis (123728)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen D. sp. (212789)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Ceratites kansa (206199 206213)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina D. fortis, D. josephi, D. michaelis (206729) D. josephi, D. celtitiformis, D. floriani (206619) D. michaelis (206618)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0East Timor D. sp. (213509)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation D. borealis (107040)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) D. kansa (206215)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Primorye) D. naumanni (46901)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) D. sp. (211424)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) D. sp. (211431)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria Celtites michaelis, Celtites floriani (136996)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) D. michaelis (150445)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Malaysia (Kelantan) D. kansa (211343)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) D. sp. (211429)