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Hoploscaphites nodosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites (Ammonites) nodosus was named by Owen (1852) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Acanthoscaphites nodosus by Russell and Landes (1937); it was recombined as Jeletzkytes nodosus by Riccardi (1983), Landman and Waage (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy et al. (1997); it was recombined as Hoploscaphites nodosus by Landman et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Scaphites (Ammonites) nodosus Owen p. 581 figs. pl. 8, fig. 4
1937Acanthoscaphites nodosus Russell and Landes p. 177
1983Jeletzkytes nodosus Riccardi p. 15
1993Jeletzkytes nodosus Kennedy and Cobban p. 430
1993Jeletzkytes nodosus Landman and Waage p. 128
1997Jeletzkytes nodosus Kennedy et al. p. 26
2010Hoploscaphites nodosus Landman et al. p. 98 figs. Figures 4, 12K, L, 13K, L, 15D–F, 17, 18A, B, 19B, C, 20A, B, D, E, 21C, D, 22C–E, 34H, I, 35B–D, 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
genusHoploscaphitesNowak 1911
speciesnodosus(Owen 1852)

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.

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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Hoploscaphites nodosus (1633 1636)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Kansas) Acanthoscaphites nodosus (71831 71832 71833)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Jeletzkytes nodosus (83046)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Acanthoscaphites nodosus (82638)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Colorado) Jeletzkytes nodosus (162249 178532)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Hoploscaphites nodosus (88559)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Acanthoscaphites nodosus (213002)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Acanthoscaphites nodosus (87441) Jeletzkytes nodosus (88508 88509)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Jeletzkytes nodosus (83064)