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Menuites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Menuites Spath
1926Anapachydiscus Yabe and Shimizu
1935Neopachydiscus Shimizu
1959Anapachydiscus Matsumoto p. 38
1970Anapachydiscus Henderson p. 62
1973Anapachydiscus Kennedy et al. p. 101
1984Anapachydiscus Matsumoto p. 13
1984Menuites Matsumoto p. 16
1986Menuites Kennedy and Summesberger p. 192
1993Anapachydiscus Ward and Kennedy p. 39
1997Menuites Kennedy and Cobban p. 64
1999Menuites Kennedy p. 651
2002Anapachydiscus Sepkoski
2002Cobbanoscaphites Sepkoski
2002Menuites Sepkoski
2007Menuites Kennedy et al. p. 517
2015Menuites Ifrim et al. p. 234
2016Menuites Niebuhr et al. p. 213
2016Menuites Shigeta p. 339
2018Menuites Shigeta and Izukura p. 18
2019Menuites Jagt et al. p. 588

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusMenuitesSpath 1922

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. †Menuites Spath 1922
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†Menuites arrialoorensis Stoliczka 1865
†Menuites costatus Kennedy and Summesberger 1986
†Menuites fresvillensis Seunes 1890
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Invalid names: Pachydiscus supremus Petho 1906 [synonym]
†Menuites gerardoi Salazar et al. 2010
†Menuites menu Forbes 1846
†Menuites oralensis Cobban and Kennedy 1993
†Menuites portlocki Sharp 1855
†Menuites portlocki complexus Hall and Meek 1855
†Menuites sanadai Matsumoto 1984
†Menuites soyaensis Matsumoto and Miyauchi 1984
†Menuites wittekindi Schlüter 1876
Invalid names: Anapachydiscus Yabe and Shimizu 1926 [synonym], Cobbanoscaphites [synonym], Neopachydiscus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2770.914.4235.080.560.5
shell diameter27144.532.0425.0154.0116.9
shell inflation2729.05.2088.025.026.2

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 Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Antarctica Anapachydiscus sp. 1 (83371 83372 83373) M. hauthali, M. steinmanni (83334) M. patagonicus (39613) M. steinmanni (83336) M. steinmanni, M. hauthali (83338)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) Anapachydiscus sp. (225705) Canadoceras subtililobatum (44273)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) Anapachydiscus complexus (1653 1655 1657 1658) Anapachydiscus complexus, M. sp. (1654) M. oralensis (232172)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Anapachydiscus californicus (224991)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan Anapachydiscus fascicostatus (87025 87026) Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, M. sanadai (87024 87027)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (New Jersey) M. complexus (141944)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (New Mexico) Anapachydiscus sp. (88555)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Dakota) Ammonites complexus (235524)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Alaska) Anapachydiscus nelchinensis (158297)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Russian Federation (Sakhalin) M. rotalinoides (64603)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica Anapachydiscus sp. (83352 83565 83568)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Anapachydiscus constrictus, Anapachydiscus sp. 2 (83376) Anapachydiscus sp. (83354) Anapachydiscus sp. 2 (83378)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Anapachydiscus sp. (221086)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Anapachydiscus naumanni (87035)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) M. sp. (171307)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan (Hokkaido) Anapachydiscus naumanni (94679)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Anapachydiscus sp. (6149)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Pachydiscus soyaensis (4872)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alaska) Anapachydiscus nelchinensis (88815 158239)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Anapachydiscus arialoorensis (48008) M. deccanensis, M. arrialoorensis (233830)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Anapachydiscus sp. 3 (83385 83386 83387 83388) M. sp., Anapachydiscus fascicostatus (83390)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan M. sp. (181919 181926 181929)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Angola M. sp. (88885)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Iran M. wittekindi (174519)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation M. soyaensis (237606)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany M. wittekindi, M. portlocki (64215) Pachydiscus wittekindi (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) M. portlocki (83054 83094)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) M. sp. (174742)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Baja California) Anapachydiscus peninsularis (233831)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Anapachydiscus arrialoorensis (86872 185168 225735) Anapachydiscus californicus (207828 225928 225929) Anapachydiscus sp. (225828) M. sp. (1510)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan M. soyaensis (199734 199740) M. sp. (199737) M. sp., M. soyaensis (199736)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Anapachydiscus sp. (7467)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) M. portlocki (35048)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) M. complexus (3870)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) M. complexus (57916)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Parapachydiscus peninsularis (158099)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Pachydiscus fresvillensis (83845 83851 83852 83853 83854 83862 83863 157777 157778 157781 157788 157789)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Neopachydiscus naumanni (64616)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Parapachydiscus peninsularis (83774)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Denmark Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (67409 67414)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Austria M. costatus (83619)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Anapachydiscus sp. (215393 225918)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (82927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa M. fresvillensis (166277)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Ammonites menu (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile M. fresvillensis (165499 165511) M. fresvillensis, M. gerardoi (165502)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (67340 67343 67412 67413)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bulgaria (Pleven) Anapachydiscus terminus (105085)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan M. fresvillensis (170239)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (83648 83652) M. fresvillensis (165599) Pachydiscus fresvillensis (165598)