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Subplanites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Subplanites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Virgatosphinctinae by Helmstaedt (1969), Myczynski (1989); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

S. contiguus, S. nepalensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

Lithoceras reisi, S. ambohimaranitraensis, S. ardescicus, S. cubensis, S. flexuosus, S. klimovi, S. laisackerensis, S. magistri, S. moernsheimensis, S. postruepellianum, S. postrueppellianum, S. reisi, S. riedlingensis, S. rueppellianus, S. siculus, S. spathi

Synonyms

Ilowaiskya was named by Vyalov (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Subplanites by Arkell et al. (1957).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).
Virgatosphinctoides was named by Neaverson (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm].

It was synonymized subjectively with Subplanites by Arkell et al. (1957); it was misspelled as Virgatospinctoides by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1940	Ilowaiskya Vyalov
1969	Subplanites Helmstaedt p. 73
1989	Subplanites Myczynski p. 95
2002	Ilowaiskya Sepkoski
2002	Subplanites Sepkoski
2002	Virgatospinctoides Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Virgatosphinctinae	Spath 1923
genus	Subplanites

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. †Subplanites

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†Subplanites contiguus Catullo 1846

†Subplanites nepalensis Helmstaedt 1969

Invalid names: Ilowaiskya Vyalov 1940 [synonym], Virgatosphinctoides Neaverson 1925 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	35.4	25.0	50.0	37.5	17.7
shell diameter	2	107.7	80.0	145.0	112.5	46.0
shell inflation	2	50.3	39.0	65.0	52.0	18.4

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 152.21000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (39 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian	161.5 - 149.2	Russian Federation	S. contiguus (213006)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Madagascar	S. ambohimaranitraensis (234322)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Somalia	S. spathi (100376 100384)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Madagascar (Melaky)	S. flexuosus (234269)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Romania	S. siculus (198312)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	S. sp. (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Cuba	S. cubensis (57711)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Italy	Subplanitoides contiguus (184800 184801)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany	Ilowaiskya pavida (13446) S. laisackerensis (193332) S. laisackerensis, S. sp. (193334 193335) S. riedlingensis (193330) S. rueppellianus (13413) S. sp. (193337) S. sp., S. laisackerensis (193336) S. sp., S. postrueppellianum (193290)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Azerbaijan	S. contiguus (130886)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	United Kingdom (England)	S. sp. (106362)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bayern)	S. klimovi, S. moernsheimensis, S. reisi, S. ardescicus (13414) S. magistri, S. reisi, S. rueppellianus (13412)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Russian Federation	Ilowaiskya pavida (190663) Ilowaiskya spathi, Ilowaiskya ianshini, Ilowaiskya schashkovae, Ilowaiskya sp. (190664)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Spain	Subplanitoides contiguus (235585)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Hungary	S. sp. (154755 154760 160420) S. sp., S. postruepellianum (154750)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Russian Federation	Ilowaiskya klimovi (58856) Ilowaiskya pseudoscythica, Ilowaiskya pavida (58858) Ilowaiskya sokolovi (58857) S. contiguus (213020)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Algeria	Lithoceras reisi (45075) S. reisi (45076 45077)
Tithonian - Berriasian	149.2 - 137.05	Russian Federation	S. contiguus (213004)
Late/Upper Tithonian	145.06 - 143.1	Nepal	S. sp., S. nepalensis (142312)