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Cyrtopleuritinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tibetitidae

Taxonomy

Cyrtopleuritidae was named by Diener (1925). Its type is Cyrtopleurites.

It was reranked as the subfamily Cyrtopleuritinae by Tozer (1994).

It was assigned to Clydonitoidea by Zeiss (1977); to Trachycerataceae by Tozer (1980), Tatzreiter (1981), Tozer (1981); and to Tibetitidae by Tozer (1994).

Subtaxa

Acanthinites, Acanthodrepanites, Argosirenites, Carinacanthites, Cyrtopleurites (type genus), Dionites, Drepanites, Gandakites, Hauerites, Himavatites, Lipuites, Mesohimavatites, Neohimavatites, Prodrepanites, Thiniites, Welterites, Xenodrepanites

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Cyrtopleuritidae Diener
1977	Cyrtopleuritidae Zeiss
1980	Cyrtopleuritidae Tozer p. 112
1981	Cyrtopleuritidae Tatzreiter
1981	Cyrtopleuritidae Tozer
1994	Cyrtopleuritinae Tozer p. 187

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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	Coleoidea	Bather 1888
order	Ammonoida	(Haeckel 1866)
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Clydonitaceae	Mojsisovics 1879
family	Tibetitidae	Hyatt 1900
subfamily	Cyrtopleuritinae	(Diener 1925)
subfamily	Cyrtopleuritinae	(Diener 1925)

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.

Subfm. †Cyrtopleuritinae Diener 1925

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G. †Acanthinites Mojsisovics 1893

†Acanthinites excelsior Mojsisovics 1893

†Acanthinites excelsus Mojsisovics 1893

†Acanthinites magnificus McLearn 1939

†Acanthinites silverii Diener 1920

G. †Acanthodrepanites Tozer 1994

†Acanthodrepanites dieneri Tozer 1994

†Acanthodrepanites eusebii Diener 1920

G. †Argosirenites Popov 1961

†Argosirenites argonautae Mojsisovics 1893

†Argosirenites dianae Mojsisovics 1893

Invalid names: Sirenites argonautaeformis Diener 1906 [synonym], Sirenites euphrosinae Mojsisovics 1893 [synonym], Sirenites krumbeckii Diener 1923 [synonym], Sirenites sundaicus Diener 1923 [synonym]

†Argosirenites tenuistriatus Popow 1961

†Argosirenites trachyceratoides Diener 1906

G. †Carinacanthites Tozer 1994

†Carinacanthites calypso Mojsisovics 1893

G. †Cyrtopleurites Mojsisovics 1893

Subg. †Cyrtopleurites (Acanthinites) Mojsisovics 1893

†Cyrtopleurites (Acanthinites) excelsior Mojsisovics 1893

†Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus Hauer 1846

†Cyrtopleurites euphrasiae Diener 1920

†Cyrtopleurites hersiliae Diener 1920

†Cyrtopleurites strabonis von Mojsisovics 1893

†Cyrtopleurites vestaliae Diener 1920

G. †Dionites Mojsisovics 1893

†Arpadites (Dionites) asbolus von Mojsisovics 1893

†Dionites caesar Mojsisovics 1893

G. †Drepanites Mojsisovics 1893

†Drepanites fissistriatus von Mojsisovics 1893

†Drepanites hyatti Mojsisovics 1893

†Drepanites rutherfordi McLearn 1937

†Drepanites saturnini Diener 1920

G. †Gandakites Krystyn 1982

†Gandakites kelviniformis Diener 1908

G. †Hauerites Mojsisovics 1893

†Hauerites astrictus Tozer 1994

†Hauerites lawsoni Smith 1927

†Hauerites piceus Tozer 1994

†Hauerites rarestriatus Hauer 1849

G. †Himavatites Diener 1906

†Himavatites apinnatus Tozer 1994

†Himavatites hogarti Diener 1906

†Himavatites multiauritus McLearn 1947

†Himavatites planiplicatus Tozer 1994

†Himavatites watsoni Diener 1906

G. †Lipuites

†Lipuites marianii Krystyn 1982

†Lipuites totiae Jeannet 1959

G. †Mesohimavatites Tozer 1994

†Mesohimavatites caponicus Tozer 1994

†Mesohimavatites columbianus McLearn 1939

†Mesohimavatites costatus Tozer 1994

†Mesohimavatites indigiricus Bychkov 1970

†Mesohimavatites parvus Tozer 1994

G. †Neohimavatites Tozer 1980

†Neohimavatites burlingi McLearn 1947

†Neohimavatites canadensis McLearn 1940

†Neohimavatites peregrinus Tozer 1994

G. †Prodrepanites Tozer 1994

†Prodrepanites catenatus Tozer 1994

G. †Thiniites Krystyn 1982

†Thiniites acutus Wang and He 1976

†Thiniites thiniensis Krystyn 1982

G. †Welterites Diener 1923

†Welterites egregius Diener 1923

†Welterites heierlii Jeannet 1958

G. †Xenodrepanites Diener 1916

†Xenodrepanites schucherti Diener 1906

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 Ladinian to the top of the Alaunian or 241.46400 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (129 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Canada (British Columbia)	Himavatites sp. (43828)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	China (Sichuan)	Xenodrepanites sp. (25404)
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	Nepal (Byans)	Welterites sp., Hauerites rarestriatus (214671)
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	Austria	Acanthinites calypso, Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus, Cyrtopleurites hersiliae, Acanthinites eusebii, Drepanites hyatti, Drepanites fissistriatus, Drepanites saturnini, Cyrtopleurites strabonis, Cyrtopleurites vestaliae, Cyrtopleurites euphrasiae, Acanthinites silverii (222675)
Late/Upper Triassic	237.0 - 201.4	Indonesia (West Sumatra)	Cyrtopleurites transiens, Cyrtopleurites freschfieldi, Drepanites sp. (204434)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	USA (California)	Hauerites lawsoni (33324)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	China (Guizhou)	Hauerites himalayanus (85166)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	USA (Alaska)	Hauerites sp. (44432)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	China (Xizang)	Anatibetites kelviniformis (110226)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Russian Federation	Argosirenites obruchevi (214806) Argosirenites obruchevi, Argosirenites nabeschi, Argosirenites kiparisovae (214807) Argosirenites tenuistriatus (214905)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Canada (British Columbia)	Prodrepanites catenatus, Acanthinites magnificus (137047)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Nepal	Gandakites kelviniformis (92134 92138) Lipuites marianii (142479) Lipuites totiae (142484) Thiniites acutus (142480 142483) Thiniites thiniensis (92133)
Lacian - Alaunian	227.3 - 211.18	China (Sichuan)	Drepanites sp., Xenodrepanites sp. (25402)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	USA (Alaska)	Himavatites multiauritis, Neohimavatites canadensis (85134)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Peru (Amazonas)	Cyrtopleurites sp. (100242)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	India	Arpadites asbolus (85471) Hauerites sp. (210927)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Oman	Argosirenites sp., Dionites sp. (101398)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Nepal (Byans)	Cyrtopleurites herodoti, Welterites sp. (214672)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Vietnam	Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus (44771)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Russian Federation	Himavatites canadensis (69431)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Canada (British Columbia)	Himavatites sp. (43825 43829)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Canada (Nunavut)	Neohimavatites peregrinus (137157 137955)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Canada (British Columbia)	Acanthinites magnificus (46595) Acanthodrepanites dieneri (141665) Acanthodrepanites dieneri, Hauerites piceus (137051) Carinacanthites calypso, Hauerites piceus (137993) Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus (46591 137050) Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus, Drepanites rutherfordi (139135 139509 141664) Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus, Drepanites rutherfordi, Hauerites piceus (141702) Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus, Hauerites astrictus (141662) Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus, Hauerites piceus (141687) Cyrtopleurites hersiliae (46592 139506 141663) Cyrtopleurites hersiliae, Hauerites astrictus (137674) Drepanites rutherfordi (46568 137052 137673 139138 139510 141666 141667 141668) Drepanites rutherfordi, Hauerites piceus (137666 141727) Hauerites piceus (137048 139567) Himavatites apinnatus (141682 141710) Himavatites apinnatus, Mesohimavatites columbianus (141730) Himavatites burlingi (137039) Himavatites multiauritus (46629 46631 137030 137099 141712 141721 141722 141724) Himavatites planiplicatus (139137 141707) Himavatites sp. (46630 137037 137049 141659 141660 141661 141696 141706 141733) Mesohimavatites caponicus (137034 137085 137086 137694 137985 139507 141681) Mesohimavatites columbianus (97843 137033 137083 139115 141699 141713 141725) Mesohimavatites parvus (137675 139136) Mesohimavatites parvus, Mesohimavatites costatus (141680) Neohimavatites burlingi (138025) Neohimavatites canadensis (46594 137044 137045 137084 139039 139120 141679) Neohimavatites peregrinus (137987 139035 139117 141678 141698)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Indonesia	Argosirenites dianae (220206 220210) Argosirenites dianae, Argosirenites trachyceratoides (139412) Argosirenites dianae, Welterites heierlii (151058) Argosirenites trachyceratoides (170396 170398 220204) Argosirenites trachyceratoides, Himavatites hogarti (220205) Himavatites hogarti (220214) Himavatites multiauritus (151064 220213) Himavatites watsoni (151063 151065)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	China (Yunnan)	Cyrtopleurites sp. (165386)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Germany (Bavaria)	Acanthinites excelsior (218142)