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Shastites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sandlingitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Clionites (Shastites) Hyatt and Smith p. 188
1951Traskites (Shastites) Spath p. 51
1994Shastites Tozer p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familySandlingitidaeTozer 1971
genusShastites()

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. †Shastites Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Clionites (Shastites) compressus Hyatt and Smith 1905
Shastites vulcanus Tozer 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.0--18.0-
shell diameter231.020.048.034.019.8
shell inflation218.0--18.0-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Carnian or 232.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (British Columbia) S. vulcanus (56866)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Mexico (Sonora) Traskites sp. (200775)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (California) Clionites whitneyi (38326)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) Clionites compressus, Clionites compactus, Clionites whitneyi (33324)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Canada (British Columbia) S. vulcanus (49714 56876)