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Spathites rioensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Spathites rioensis was named by Powell (1963). It is not extant. Its type locality is Cannonball Hill, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in the Ojinaga Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Spathites (Spathites) rioensis by Kennedy and Cobban (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. toroiagaensis, S. revelieranus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Spathites rioensis Powell
1988Spathites rioensis Cobban p. 11 figs. 3M-O, 5A-L, 6A-N, 8
1988Spathites (Spathites) rioensis Kennedy and Cobban p. 603 fig. 3.5,3.6,3.11,3.12

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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
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusSpathitesKummel and Decker 1954
speciesrioensis

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.

†Spathites rioensis Powell 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available