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Sphenosphaera
Taxonomy
Sphenosphaera was named by Knight (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. It is not extant. Its type is Bellerophon clausus.
It was assigned to Salpingostomatides by Knight et al. (1960); to Bucanopsinae by Wahlman (1992); and to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Salpingostomatides by Knight et al. (1960); to Bucanopsinae by Wahlman (1992); and to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
S. bilineatus, S. burginensis, S. capax, S. centervillensis, S. consimilis, S. eiseni, S. fiscellostriata (syn. S. exigua), S. kepinensis, S. laurentinus, S. mohri (syn. Bellerophon cincinnatiensis, Bellerophon parksi), S. nana, S. opertus, S. platystoma, S. recurvus, S. rogersensis (syn. S. clausus), S. similis, S. subangularis, S. subpatula, S. troosti
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1945 | Sphenosphaera Knight p. 334 |
1960 | Sphenosphaera Knight et al. p. 180 |
1992 | Sphenosphaera Wahlman |
2002 | Sphenosphaera Sepkoski |
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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. †Sphenosphaera Knight 1945
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†Sphenosphaera bilineatus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera capax Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera centervillensis Foerste 1923
†Sphenosphaera consimilis Savage 1913
†Sphenosphaera eiseni Lindström 1884
†Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata Foerste 1887
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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera exigua Foerste 1887 [synonym]
†Sphenosphaera kepinensis Yü 1961
†Sphenosphaera laurentinus Twenhofel 1928
†Sphenosphaera mohri Miller 1874
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Invalid names: Bellerophon cincinnatiensis Miller and Faber 1894 [synonym], Bellerophon parksi Foerste 1924 [synonym]
†Sphenosphaera nana Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera opertus Foerste 1893
†Sphenosphaera platystoma Meek and Worthen 1868
†Sphenosphaera recurvus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera rogersensis Foerste 1914
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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera clausus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [replaced]
†Sphenosphaera similis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera subangularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera subpatula Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera troosti de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009 |
Collections (90 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Caradoc | USA (Kentucky) | S. capax (64418 64419 64420) | |
Turinian | USA (Missouri) | Bellerophon capax (175724) | |
Turinian | USA (Kentucky) | S. troosti (99336 100176) | |
Franklinian | USA (Minnesota) | Bucania nana, Bellerophon subpatula, Bellerophon troosti (154416) | |
Shermanian | USA (Tennessee) | Bellerophon clausus (5352) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon troosti (5358 5361) | |
Shermanian | USA (Kentucky) | Bellerophon bilineatus (154461) Bellerophon troosti (154460) S. burginensis (77149) S. clausus (77147 77148 77150 100289 101108 101379 101401) S. clausus, S. troosti (87813) S. troosti (77357 87818 99569) | |
Shermanian | USA (Minnesota) | Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23584) | |
Shermanian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23664 23667 23668 23670) Bellerophon platystoma (23659) | |
Chatfieldian | USA (Kentucky) | Bellerophon bilineatus (100233) S. burginensis (99802) S. clausus (99334 99663 99803 100129 100288) S. sp., S. burginensis (34548) S. sp., S. clausus, S. burginensis (34547) | |
Chatfieldian | USA (Minnesota) | Bellerophon similis, Bellerophon platystoma (194137) | |
Chatfieldian - Edenian | Canada (Nunavut) | Bellerophon similis (24116) | |
Katian | USA (Kentucky) | S. clausus (100175 100246 100539 100857 100858 100859 100860 101098 101105 101403) S. sp. (10752) | |
Edenian | USA (Kentucky) | S. clausus (100541) | |
Edenian | USA (Illinois, Iowa) | Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23678) | |
Edenian | USA (Minnesota) | Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23588) | |
Maysvillian | USA (Kentucky) | Bellerophon recurvus (154583) S. capax (64417 76968 76970 100256) | |
Maysvillian | USA (Ohio) | Bellerophon recurvus (155400) | |
Maysvillian | USA (Tennessee) | Bellerophon capax (5374) | |
Richmondian | USA (Kentucky) | Sinuites mohri (37833) | |
Richmondian | Canada (Ontario) | Bellerophon mohri (155173) Bellerophon parksi (22954 22960 173012) | |
Richmondian | USA (Indiana) | Bellerophon mohri (155711) Bellerophon mohri, Bellerophon subangularis (373) S. mohri (76913 100245 194134) S. sp. (374 72539) | |
Richmondian | Canada (Quebec) | Bellerophon laurentinus (63667) Bellerophon parksi (172788 172789) | |
Richmondian | USA (Ohio) | Bellerophon sp. (395) | |
Ashgill | USA (Indiana) | S. mohri (64164) | |
Gamachian | USA (Illinois) | Bellerophon consimilis (173288) | |
Rhuddanian | Canada (Ontario) | Bucania fiscellostriata (173218 173223) | |
Alexandrian | USA (Ohio) | Bellerophon centervillensis (155417) Bellerophon exigus (172895) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (155567) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus, Bellerophon opertus (172922) | |
Llandovery | USA (New York) | Bucania sp. (443) | |
Aeronian | USA (Ohio) | Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (164379) | |
Telychian | Sweden (Gotland) | S. eiseni (3976) | |
Ludlow | United Kingdom (England) | S. sp. (482) |