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Acanthoscaphites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoscaphites was named by Nowak (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 971,1107].

It was assigned to Acanthoceratinae by Russell and Landes (1937); to Scaphitinae by Kennedy and Summesberger (1987); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Acanthoscaphites Nowak
1937Acanthoscaphites Russell and Landes p. 177
1987Acanthoscaphites Kennedy and Summesberger p. 35
2002Acanthoscaphites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusAcanthoscaphitesNowak 1911

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. †Acanthoscaphites Nowak 1911
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Acanthoscaphites plenus Meek and Hayden 1861
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available