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Stephanitidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Stephanitidae

Taxonomy
Stephanitidae was named by Arthaber (1896).

It was synonymized subjectively with Prionitidae by Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).

It was assigned to Ceratitida by Spath (1934); to Noritaceae by Tozer (1981); and to Dinaritoidea by Zakharov and Moussavi Abnavi (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Stephanitidae Arthaber
1934Stephanitidae Spath
1981Stephanitidae Tozer
2013Stephanitidae Zakharov and Moussavi Abnavi p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyStephanitidaeArthaber 1896
familyStephanitidaeArthaber 1896

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.

Fm. †Stephanitidae Arthaber 1896
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G. †Amphistephanites Zakharov 1978
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Amphistephanites parisensis Zakharov 1968
G. †Parastephanites Hyatt 1900
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Parastephanites atavus Waagen 1895
Invalid names: Acrochordiceroides Spath 1929 [synonym]
G. †Stephanites Waagen 1895
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Stephanites superbus Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Stephanites corona Waagen 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan Acrochordiceras atavum (143800) Stephanites corona (143641) Stephanites superbus (139071 139072 143638)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Xizang) Stephanites superbus (97342 97343 97344 97346 97347 229721 229722 229768 229769 229770 229771)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Stephanites superbus (139614 139617)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Amphistephanites parisensis (47214 47218 47286)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Azerbaijan Stephanites sp. (73232 73243)