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Staffites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Cheiloceras (Centroceras) Wedekind
1918Staffites Wedekind
1929Centroceratos Strand
2002Staffites Korn and Klug p. 180
2006Staffites Korn
2006Cheiloceras (Staffites) Woroncowa-Marcinowska p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyCheiloceratinaeFrech 1897
genusStaffitesWedekind 1918

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. †Staffites Wedekind 1918
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Staffites afrispinus Becker 1993
Staffites complanatus Matern 1931
Staffites curvispinus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras acutilobum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
Staffites cuspidatus Perna 1914
Staffites nalivkinae Bogoslovsky 1971
Staffites tumulosus Becker 1993
Invalid names: Centroceratos Strand 1929 [synonym], Cheiloceras (Centroceras) Wedekind 1908 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.3
shell diameter135.3
shell inflation10.001

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Cheiloceras curvispina (5960)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Cheiloceras curvispina (135719 135749)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany Cheiloceras complanatum, Cheiloceras curvispina (187041) Cheiloceras curvispina (187042 187051 187056)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras sp. (39108)