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Meekoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Meekoceratidae Waagen
1934Meekoceratidae Spath
1966Meekoceratidae Ganev
1969Meekoceratidae Kummel
1969Meekoceratidae Runnegar p. 826
1994Meekoceratidae Tozer p. 65
1999Meekoceratidae Golubić
2009Meekoceratidae Shigeta and Zakharov p. 69
2016Meekoceratidae Tongtherm et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderCeratitinaHyatt 1884
familyMeekoceratidaeWaagen 1895
familyMeekoceratidaeWaagen 1895

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.

Fm. †Meekoceratidae Waagen 1895
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G. †Acutomeekoceras Jenks et al. 2010
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Acutomeekoceras rieberi Jenks et al. 2010
G. †Ambitoides Shigeta and Zakharov 2009
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Ambitoides orientalis Shigeta and Zakharov 2009
G. †Juvenites Smith 1927
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Juvenites canadensis Tozer 1961
Juvenites dieneri Hyatt and Smith 1905
Juvenites edelsteini Shevyrev 1990
Juvenites kraffti Smith 1927
Juvenites laevis Tozer 1994
Juvenites medius Krafft and Diener 1909
Juvenites multiconstractus Wang and Chen 1979
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Invalid names: Juvenites sanctorum Smith 1932 [synonym]
Juvenites sinuosus Kiparisova 1947
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Invalid names: Anasibirites simplex Chao 1959 [synonym], Juvenites kwangsianus Chao 1959 [synonym], Juvenites orientalis Chao 1959 [synonym], Juvenites procurvus Brayard and Bucher 2008 [synonym]
Juvenites spathi Frebold 1930
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Invalid names: Prosphingites kwangsianus Chao 1959 [synonym]
Juvenites tenuicostatus Dagis and Ermakova 1990
Juvenites thermarum Smith 1927
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Invalid names: Prenkites depressus Smith 1932 [synonym]
G. †Karangatites Popov 1968
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Karangatites arkhipovi Dagys and Ermakova 1984
Karangatites evolutus Popov 1968
Invalid names: Arctoceratinae Hyatt 1900 [empty], Flemingitinae Hyatt 1900 [empty], Kymatitinae Waagen 1895 [empty], Meekoceratinae Waagen 1895 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Dienerian to the top of the Aegean or 250.50000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Nevada) Juvenites dieneri (33313)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Juvenites kraffti (33314) Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites dieneri (33286) Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites kraffti, Juvenites dieneri (33285)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation Ambitoides orientalis (90211)
Dienerian - Spathian250.5 - 246.7China Juvenites sp. (44006)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Nevada) Juvenites septentrigonalis (62097 62098) Juvenites septentrigonalis, Juvenites thermarum (62096) Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites thermarum (61515 97117 97120 97121) Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites thermarum, Acutomeekoceras rieberi (97119) Juvenites sp., Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites thermarum (97118)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Guangxi) Juvenites kraffti (97142 97145 97149 97153) Juvenites procurvus (97138 97139 97140 97157 97158 97197) Juvenites sepentrionalis, Juvenites orientalis (44015) Prosphingites kwangsianus (44002)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (California) Nannites dieneri (33298)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1India (Himachal Pradesh) Juvenites procurvus (139623)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Alaska) Juvenites septentrionalis (44415) Juvenites sp., Juvenites septentrionalis (44394)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Japan (Tokyo-to) Juvenites sp. (44043)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Juvenites kraffti (139166 139168) Juvenites sp. (102307 111556 139161 139162 139164)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (British Columbia) Juvenites laevis (105193) Melagathiceras depressum (105197)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Tajikistan Juvenites edelsteini (97867 97868)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Mongolia Juvenites sp. (142564)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) Juvenites spathi (156074) Juvenites thermarum (156022 156023 156025 156053 156054)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Vietnam Juvenites sinuosus (155500 155509)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Prosphingites spathi (120231 120232 120298)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Afghanistan (Pakhtia) Juvenites septentrionalis (111022) Juvenites sp. (44121)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Gunagxi) Juvenites globosus (44013) Juvenites pakungensis, Juvenites kwangsianus, Anasibirites simplex, Juvenites septentrionalis (44009)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation Juvenites sinuosus (99538 144207 144208 241075) Juvenites sp. (168039 168042 241064 241069) Juvenites tenuicostatus (107043) Meekoceratidae indet. (168046)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Washington) Juvenites septentrionalis (110848)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Japan Meekoceratidae indet. (115243)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Oman Juvenites procurvus (127388 127391) Juvenites spathi (127390 127392 127393 127394 127396 127397 127398 127402 127430) Juvenites thermarum (102600 127421 127425 127427)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (Nunavut) Paranannites spathi (103401) Prosphingites spathi (43848 61947) Thermalites canadensis (61943)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation (Primorye) Juvenites novikensis (47220) Juvenites simplex (47204 47247 47248 47259) Juvenites sp. (47205 47206 47207 47210 47211 47217)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Idaho) Juvenites kraffti (33292) Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites sanctorum, Thermalites thermarum, Juvenites dieneri (33288) Juvenites septentrionalis, Thermalites thermarum, Prenkites depressus, Juvenites kraffti, Juvenites dieneri (33293)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Xizang) Juvenites septentrionalis (229753 229759) Juvenites septentrionalis, Juvenites spathi (229761) Juvenites sp. (229742 229743 229744) Juvenites spathi (229716 229763 229764) Paranannites spathi (97334 97358)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) Prosphingites spathi (212890)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Norway (Svalbard) Juvenites spathi (218180 218181 218183 218184 218193)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7India (Himachal Pradesh) Juvenites sp. (73226 73239 73242)
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464Thailand Juvenites canadensis (211353)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Karangatites sp. (127726)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Qinghai) Juvenites multiconstractus (102900)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Romania Karangatites sp. (216984)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Anhui) Juvenites sp. (149181)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen Prosphingites spathi (212085 215028 215039)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Greece Nannites medius (112607)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Russian Federation Karangatites evolutus (214738) Karangatites evolutus, Karangatites arkhipovi (107127)