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Macroscaphites (Costidiscus)

Cephalopoda - Macroscaphitidae

Taxonomy
Costidiscus was named by Uhlig (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr K Apti-l].

It was reranked as Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) by Landra et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Macroscaphites by Landra et al. (2000); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Costidiscus Uhlig
2000Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) Landra et al. p. 41
2002Costidiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
superfamilyPtychoceratoideaGill 1871
familyMacroscaphitidaeHyatt 1900
genusMacroscaphitesMeek 1876
subgenusCostidiscus(Uhlig 1883)

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. †Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) Uhlig 1883
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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 Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 129.40000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria Costidiscus recticostatus (161852)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Italy Costidiscus grebenianus, Costidiscus recticostatus (71828)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Murcia) Costidiscus rakusi (2327 2379)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Italy Costidiscus recticostatus (50805)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Egypt Costidiscus recticostatus (171271)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0France (Provence) Costidiscus nodosostriatus (56058)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Czech Republic Costidiscus recticostatus (2121)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Georgia Costidiscus sp. (2116)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Italy Costidiscus sp. (82831) Macroscaphites recticostatus (82832) Macroscaphites sp. (82827)