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Texanites (Plesiotexanites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotexanites was named by Matsumoto (1970).

It was reranked as Texanites (Plesiotexanites) by Kennedy et al. (1973) and Kennedy and Cobban (1991).

It was assigned to Texanitinae by Klinger and Kennedy (1980) and Riccardi (1981); and to Texanites by Kennedy et al. (1973) and Kennedy and Cobban (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Plesiotexanites Matsumoto
1973Texanites (Plesiotexanites) Kennedy et al. p. 102
1980Plesiotexanites Klinger and Kennedy p. 322
1981Plesiotexanites Riccardi p. 5
1991Texanites (Plesiotexanites) Kennedy and Cobban p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusTexanitesSpath 1932
subgenusPlesiotexanites(Matsumoto 1970)

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.

Subg. †Texanites (Plesiotexanites) Matsumoto 1970
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Subg. †Plesiotexanites (Eutexanites) Klinger and Kennedy 1980
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Canada (British Columbia) Plesiotexanites sp. (87708)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa Plesiotexanites sextuberculatus (82441)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Spain Plesiotexanites sp. (66968)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa Texanites stangeri (66070)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Ammonites stangeri (175261)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa Plesiotexanites stangeri (82463) Texanites stangeri (82629)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa Plesiotexanites matsumotoi (82470)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan Texanites sp. (62237)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1South Africa Texanites stangeri (82728)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain Plesiotexanites stangeri (66993)