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Silesitidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Silesitidae Hyatt p. 570
2000Silesitidae Landra et al. p. 35
2005Silesitidae Medina and Riccardi pp. 257, 265
2007Silesitidae Szives p. 57
2021Silesitidae Matsukawa p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familySilesitidaeHyatt 1900
familySilesitidaeHyatt 1900

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. †Silesitidae Hyatt 1900
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G. †Haplobrancoceras Avram 1990
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†Miyakoceras hayamii Obata 1967
G. †Neoastieria Egoian 1969
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†Neoastieria patagonica Medina and Riccardi 2005
†Neoastieria reliqua Egoian 1969
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†Neosilesites nepos Douvillé 1916
Invalid names: Neposiella [synonym]
G. †Piatnitzkyceras Medina and Riccardi 2005
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†Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii Medina and Riccardi 2005
†Piatnitzkyceras infirmum Medina and Riccardi 2005
G. †Silesites Uhlig 1883
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†Silesites puzosiaformis Anderson 1938
†Silesites seranonis d'Orbigny 1841
†Silesites trajani Tietze 1872
†Silesites vulpes Coquand 1878
Invalid names: Beneckeia Uhlig 1882 [replaced]
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 Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 132.60000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian - Early/Lower Aptian137.05 - 119.57Italy Silesites vulpes (160725)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Slovakia Silesites seranonis (83189)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Morocco Silesites vulpes (82163)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Hungary Silesites sp. (61566)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Silesites spp. (61531 61541)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Haplobrancoceras sp. (82195) Silesites vulpes (82179)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Granada) Haplobrancoceras subquadratum (2285 2290 2300) Silesites vulpes, Haplobrancoceras subquadratum (2292 2298)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Jaen) Silesites sp. (2269 2273 2274)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence) Silesites seranonis (56058)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Silesites seranonis (50811 50813) Silesites sp. (50812)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Haplobrancoceras subquadrata (2317) Haplobrancoceras subquadratum (2304 2320 2326 2328 2333 2335 2376) Haplobrancoceras subquadratus (2311 2322 2323 2325) Silesites sp. (2355 2358 2362 2364 2367 2369 2370 2374) Silesites vulpes (2302 2312 2321) Silesites vulpes, Haplobrancoceras subquadratum (2334 2336)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico Silesites sp. (60781)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Haplobrancoceras subquadratum (240072)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Silesites seranonis (71828)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Bulgaria Silesites seranonis (161852)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Silesites vulpes, Haplobrancoceras subquadratum (240076)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Serbia Silesites seranonis (169609) Silesites trajani (169570 169607)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy Silesites sp. (82830 82831) Silesites sp., Silesites seranonis (82837)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Antarctica Silesitidae indet. (64195 64196)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina Neoastieria patagonica (63996 64152)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Antarctica Neosilesites sp. (64242)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Nagano) Miyakoceras hayamii (220846) Miyakoceras tanohatense (220847)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1USA (California) Silesites puzosiaformis (216369 216370 216371)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Madagascar Neosilesites nepos (98231)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France Neosilesites nepos (58888)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Argentina Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii (159013)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Silesites antarcticus (83356 83365 83557) Silesitidae indet. (64205)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Egypt Silesites nepos (171276)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Neosilesites madagascariensis (86497)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Neosilesites ampakabense (98264) Neosilesites nepos (98244)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Egypt Neposiella nepos (98326)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Neposiella nepos (98327) Silesites nepos (171277)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (California) Silesites puzosiaformis (83772)