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Isculitidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Isculitidae Spath p. 155
1981Isculitidae Tozer
1994Isculitidae Tozer p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPtychitaceaeMojsisovics 1882
familyIsculitidae
familyIsculitidae

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. †Isculitidae Spath 1951
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G. †Columbisculites Tozer 1994
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G. †Hypisculties Spath 1951
G. †Isculites Mojsisovics 1886
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Isculites asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1988
Isculites constrictus Bucher 1992
Isculites hauerinus Stoliczka 1865
Isculites heimi von Mojsisovics 1893
Isculites meeki Hyatt and Smith 1905
Isculites sphaericus Shevyrev 1968
Isculites tozeri Silberling and Nichols 1982
Invalid names: Alloptychites Spath 1951 [synonym], Smithoceras Diener 1907 [synonym], Spitisculites Diener 1916 [objective synonym]
G. †Phyllosphaerites Shevyrev 1995
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Phyllosphaerites obscurus Shevyrev 1995
G. †Ptychosphaerites Spath 1951
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Ptychosphaerites globulus Arthaber 1896
Invalid names: Sphaerites Arthaber 1896 [replaced]
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: base of the Aegean to the top of the Norian or 247.20000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Columbisculites maclearni (114653 114654)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Isculites meeki (143265 143268) Ptychites meeki (33196)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Clydonites hauerinus (206199) Isculites hauerinus (206206)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Nepal (Byans) Smithoceras drummondi (206207)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Isculites constrictus (112744) Isculites tozeri (40754 109765 143260 143261 143262 143266 143270 143271)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Isculites sphaericus (99514 99516 99533 99535) Phyllosphaerites obscurus (143990)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Turkey Isculites asseretoi (143857 143859 143861 143927 143930 143944)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Isculites tozeri (197410 197411 197413 197418)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Austria Ptychosphaerites globulus (216624)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Isculites tozeri (197412)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria Sphaerites globulus (186975)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0India Isculites heimi (210926)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) Isculites sp. (214672)