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Gyronites
Taxonomy
Gyronites was named by Waagen (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302,1066].
It was reranked as Meekoceras (Gyronites) by Smith (1904) and Hyatt and Smith (1905).
It was assigned to Meekoceras by Smith (1904) and Hyatt and Smith (1905); to Meekoceratidae by Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proptychitidae by Brühwiler et al. (2008); and to Gyronitidae by Spath (1934), Ware and Bucher (2018) and Ware and Bucher (2018).
It was reranked as Meekoceras (Gyronites) by Smith (1904) and Hyatt and Smith (1905).
It was assigned to Meekoceras by Smith (1904) and Hyatt and Smith (1905); to Meekoceratidae by Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proptychitidae by Brühwiler et al. (2008); and to Gyronitidae by Spath (1934), Ware and Bucher (2018) and Ware and Bucher (2018).
Species
G. arenosus, G. bullatus, G. dubius, G. frequens (syn. G. spiralis, Prionolobus plicatilis, Prionolobus compressus, Prionolobus plicatus, Xenodiscus lilangensis, Lecanites undatus, Lecanites psilogyrus, G. nangaensis), G. levilatus, G. plicosus, G. radians, G. recentis, G. rigidus, G. schwanderi, G. sitala, G. subdharmus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1895 | Gyronites Waagen p. 288 |
| 1904 | Meekoceras (Gyronites) Smith pp. 372 - 373 |
| 1905 | Meekoceras (Gyronites) Hyatt and Smith p. 145 |
| 1934 | Gyronites Spath |
| 1994 | Gyronites Tozer p. 68 |
| 2002 | Gyronites Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Gyronites Brühwiler et al. p. 1168 |
| 2018 | Gyronites Ware and Bucher |
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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. †Gyronites Waagen 1895
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†Gyronites arenosus Waagen 1895
†Gyronites bullatus Ware and Bucher 2018
†Gyronites dubius Krafft 1909
†Gyronites frequens Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Gyronites nangaensis Waagen 1895 [synonym], Gyronites spiralis Waterhouse 1996 [synonym], Lecanites psilogyrus Waagen 1895 [synonym], Lecanites undatus Waagen 1895 [synonym], Prionolobus compressus Waagen 1895 [synonym], Prionolobus plicatilis Waagen 1895 [synonym], Prionolobus plicatus Waagen 1895 [synonym], Xenodiscus lilangensis von Krafft 1909 [synonym]
†Gyronites levilatus Ware and Bucher 2018
†Gyronites plicosus Waagen 1895
†Gyronites radians Waagen 1895
†Gyronites recentis Tozer 1994
†Gyronites rigidus Diener 1897
†Gyronites schwanderi Ware and Bucher 2018
†Gyronites sitala Diener 1897
†Gyronites subdharmus Kiparisova 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available