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Spathites puercoensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Buchiceras puercoensis was named by Herrick and Johnson (1900).

It was recombined as Spathites (Spathites) puercoensis by Kennedy and Cobban (1988); it was recombined as Spathites puercoensis by Cobban (1988).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Buchiceras puercoensis Herrick and Johnson p. 39 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4
1988Spathites puercoensis Cobban p. 15 figs. 3A-L, 9A-C,G-M, 10A-L, 11A-F, 14
1988Spathites (Spathites) puercoensis Kennedy and Cobban p. 603 fig. 4.9,4.10

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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
speciespuercoensis(Herrick and Johnson 1900)

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 puercoensis Herrick and Johnson 1900
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Spathites puercoensis (77803 178751 178753 178754 178755 178757 178758 178759 178760 178761 178762 178763 178764 178765 178766 178767 178768 178769 178770 178771 178772 178773 178774 178775 178776)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Spathites puercoensis (53511)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Chihuahua) Spathites puercoensis (38966 38969 38970)