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Zelandites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy

Zelandites was named by Marshall (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-l K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,730,971].

It was reranked as Anagaudryceras (Zelandites) by Hoffmann (2010).

It was assigned to Tetragonitidae by Kennedy (1994); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Gaudryceratinae by Matsumoto (1959), Henderson (1970), Szives (2007); to Anagaudryceras by Hoffmann (2010); and to Gaudryceratidae by Kennedy and Klinger (1979), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Morozumi (1985), Macellari (1986), Macellari (1988), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Wright et al. (1996), Kennedy and Morris (2018).

Species

Z. dozei, Z. europae, Z. inflatus, Z. kaiparaensis, Z. odiensis, Z. perezi, Z. varuna (syn. Z. varuna japonica)

Species lacking formal opinion data

Z. japonicus, Z. kawanoi

Synonyms

Varunaites is a genus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Zelandites by Matsumoto (1959), Hoffmann (2010).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Shimizu (1935).
Hypogaudryceras was named by Shimizu (1934).

It was synonymized subjectively with Zelandites by Matsumoto (1959).
Anazelandites was named by Matsumoto (1938).

It was synonymized subjectively with Zelandites by Matsumoto (1959).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1926	Zelandites Marshall p. 147
1934	Hypogaudryceras Shimizu
1935	Varunaites Shimizu
1938	Anazelandites Matsumoto
1959	Zelandites Matsumoto p. 148
1970	Zelandites Henderson p. 21
1979	Zelandites Kennedy and Klinger p. 163
1984	Zelandites Wright and Kennedy p. 52
1985	Zelandites Morozumi p. 31
1986	Zelandites Macellari p. 13
1988	Zealandites Macellari
1993	Zelandites Ward and Kennedy p. 21
1994	Zelandites Kennedy p. 219
1996	Zelandites Wright et al. p. 5
2002	Zealandites Sepkoski
2007	Zelandites Szives p. 94
2010	Anagaudryceras (Zelandites) Hoffmann p. 58
2018	Zelandites Kennedy and Morris p. 87

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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	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Tetragonitoidea	(Hyatt 1900)
family	Tetragonitidae	Hyatt 1900
subfamily	Gaudryceratinae	(Spath 1927)
genus	Zelandites

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. †Zelandites Marshall 1926

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†Zelandites dozei Fallot 1885

†Zelandites europae Wright and Kennedy 1984

†Zelandites inflatus Matsumoto 1959

†Zelandites kaiparaensis Marshall 1926

†Zelandites odiensis Kossmat 1895

†Zelandites perezi McLearn 1972

†Zelandites varuna Forbes 1846

Invalid names: Anazelandites Matsumoto 1938 [synonym], Hypogaudryceras Shimizu 1934 [synonym], Varunaites [synonym], Zelandites varuna japonica Matsumoto 1938 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	32	11.2	5.00	18.0	11.1	2.48
shell diameter	32	22.3	10.0	32.6	22.4	4.57
shell inflation	32	3.85	2.00	5.70	4.00	0.835

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 Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 113.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (51 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	Madagascar	Z. befamontoensis (98231)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian	113.2 - 106.3	France	Z. dozai dozai (13499)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Madagascar	Z. odiensis (98264)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	Z. inflatus (87478 87687) Z. perezi (87476 87662) Z. perezi, Z. inflatus (87486) Z. sp. (87490)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Italy	Z. dozei (12838)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	Z. inflatus (87718)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	USA (Alaska)	Z. inflatus (88619)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	South Africa	Z. sp. 1 (66023)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Alaska)	Z. inflatus (88916 88936 88937)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Japan	Z. inflatus (28175)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Tanzania	Z. sp. (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Japan (Hokkaido)	Z. inflatus (62181) Z. sp. (62634 62649)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	South Africa	Z. odiensis (158086)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Russian Federation	Z. inflatus (84222)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	Z. europae (82843)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Venezuela (Trujillo)	Z. sp. (88076)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Russian Federation	Z. mihoensis (84216)
Piripauan - Haumurian	86.1 - 66.0	New Zealand (Auckland)	Z. kaiparaensis (233885)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	South Africa	Z. sp. 2 (66070)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	Z. kawanoi (62236)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	Z. kaiparaensis (83354)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Z. sp. (86936)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	Z. kaiparaensis (83390)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Russian Federation	Z. varuna (237620)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Japan (Hyogo)	Z. varuna (176813)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Japan	Z. varuna (176819)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile	Z. varuna (165489 165490 165491 165492 165497)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	North Pacific	Z. japonicus (209774)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Japan	Z. varuna (167910 167911)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Zealandites varuna (3169) Z. varuna (166012)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Antarctica	Z. varuna (82934 82935)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Z. varuna (228940 228951)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	India	Ammonites varuna (41428)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Varunaites varuna (64610)