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Yezoites seabeensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Otoscaphites seabeensis was named by Cobban and Gryc (1961). Its type specimen is USNM 130805, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 26560, Maybe Creek, which is in a Turonian coastal shale in the Seabee Formation of Alaska.

It was recombined as Yezoites seabeensis by Tanabe (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Y. subplanus, Y. yonekurai

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Otoscaphites seabeensis Cobban and Gryc p. 184 figs. Pl 38, figs 13-27; text-figs 2d,e,n
1965Scaphites (Hyposcaphites) stephanoceroides Wiedmann
1983Otoscaphites seabeensis Cobban p. 11
2022Yezoites seabeensis Tanabe p. 243 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyOtoscaphitinaeWright 1953
genusYezoites
speciesseabeensis()

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.

†Yezoites seabeensis Cobban and Gryc 1961
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Invalid names: Scaphites (Hyposcaphites) stephanoceroides Wiedmann 1965 [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: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Alaska) Otoscaphites seabeensis (226969 226971 226972 226973 226974 226975 226976 226977)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (South Dakota) Otoscaphites seabeensis (88005)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan Scaphites subdelicatus (86997) Yezoites seabeensis (226902 226948)