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Benueites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Benueites was named by Reyment (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-l]. Its type is Benueites benueensis.

It was assigned to Collignoniceratidae by Reyment (1954); to Acanthoceratinae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. benueensis (type species), B. mosquerae (syn. B. spinosus), B. reymenti, B. trinidadensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. spinuosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Benueites Reyment p. 153
1996Benueites Wright et al. p. 162
2002Benueites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusBenueites

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. †Benueites Reyment 1954
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†Benueites benueensis Reyment 1954
†Benueites mosquerae Karsten 1886
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Invalid names: Benueites spinosus Reyment 1954 [synonym]
†Benueites reymenti Collignon 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height318.515.025.017.05.29
shell diameter344.036.055.043.09.61
shell inflation310.39.0011.011.01.15

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 Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon Placenticeras sp. (209687)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Trinidad and Tobago B. trinidadensis (88082)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria B. benueensis, B. spinosus (82785)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela (Trujillo) B. trinidadensis, B. reymenti (88036)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil B. sp. (140889)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela (Trujillo) B. benueensis, B. mosquerae (88084) B. mosquerae (88083)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) B. sp. (143138 143143 143148 143151 143154) B. sp., B. spinuosus (143141) B. spinuosus (143149) B. trinidadensis (143181)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil B. sp. (144394)