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Welleritinae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Welleritidae

Taxonomy
Welleritinae was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). Its type is Wellerites.

It was assigned to Welleritidae by Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Welleritinae Plummer and Scott
2009Welleritinae Furnish et al. p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilySchistoceratoidea(Schmidt 1929)
familyWelleritidae
subfamilyWelleritinaePlummer and Scott 1937
subfamilyWelleritinaePlummer and Scott 1937

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.

Subfm. †Welleritinae Plummer and Scott 1937
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G. †Aqishanoceras Wang 1981
G. †Eowellerites Ruzhencev 1957
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†Eowellerites discoidalis Gordon 1964
†Eowellerites moorei Plummer and Scott 1937
G. †Faqingoceras Yang 1978
G. †Wellerites Plummer and Scott 1937
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†Wellerites mohri Plummer and Scott 1937
G. †Winslowoceras Miller and Downs 1948
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†Winslowoceras greelyi Nassichuk 1975
†Winslowoceras henbesti Miller and Downs 1948
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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Moscovian or 323.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Winslowoceras henbesti (43443 43446 43447 43449)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Arkansas) Winslowoceras henbesti (160503)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Eowellerites sp., Bendoceras moorei, Eowellerites moorei (79328) Wellerites mohri (131577)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Winslowoceras sp. (62696)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) Eowellerites discoidalis (128575) Eowellerites moorei (157996) Winslowoceras henbesti (157834)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Wellerites mohri (91530) Wellerites sp. (79330)