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Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites preventricosus was named by Cobban (1951). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus by Birkelund (1965) and Sealey and Lucas (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. aequalis, S. aquisgranensiformis, S. reesidei, S. manasoaensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Scaphites preventricosus sweetgrassensis Cobban
1951Scaphites preventricosus Cobban p. 26 figs. pl. 9, figs. 1-16
1965Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus Birkelund p. 83
1965Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus svartenhukensis Birkelund p. 83 figs. Pl 16, fig 3; pl 18, figs 2,3; pl 19, fig 1; text-figs 75-77
1983Scaphites preventricosus Cobban p. 10
2001Scaphites preventricosus Braunberger and Hall p. 340
2019Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus Sealey and Lucas p. 199 fig. 75D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusScaphitesParkinson 1811
subgenusScaphitesParkinson 1811
speciespreventricosus(Cobban 1951)

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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Invalid names: Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus svartenhukensis Birkelund 1965 [synonym]
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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 Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.50000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Scaphites preventricosus (88014)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Scaphites preventricosus (89506 89507)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Mexico (Coahuila) Scaphites preventricosus (92293)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Canada (British Columbia) Scaphites preventricosus (73480)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Montana) Scaphites preventricosus (88026)