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Lechites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Lechites was named by Nowak (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Ceno-l]. Its type is Baculites gaudini.

It was reranked as Baculites (Lechites) by Tokunga and Shimizu (1926).

It was assigned to Baculites by Tokunga and Shimizu (1926); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Baculitidae by Matsumoto (1959), Henderson (1990), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Kennedy et al. (2008) and Kennedy et al. (2008).

Species
L. (Lechites)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Lechites Nowak
1926Baculites (Lechites) Tokunga and Shimizu p. 195
1959Lechites Matsumoto p. 99
1990Lechites Henderson p. 129
2000Lechites Arkadiev et al. p. 119
2002Lechites Sepkoski
2007Lechites Kennedy and Latil p. 471
2007Lechites Szives p. 116
2008Lechites Kennedy et al. p. 46
2008Lechites Kennedy et al. p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusLechitesNowak 1908

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. †Lechites Nowak 1908
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Subg. †Lechites (Lechites) Nowak 1908
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†Lechites (Lechites) gaudini Pictet and Campiche 1861
†Lechites (Lechites) moreti Breistroffer 1936
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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 112.03000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) L. comanchensis (229463)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France L. gaudini (13499)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France L. gaudini (57922) L. sp., L. gaudini (58861)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ukraine L. moreti (183295)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy L. italicus, L. gaudini, L. moreti (12838)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Antsiranana) L. gaudini (98215)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Belgium L. gaudini (174924)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France L. gaudini (56527 56554 58126 58359 58527 174473 174474) L. moreti (174484 174485) L. sp. (56523 56669 56680 58122 58253 58363 58431) L. sp., L. gaudini (56674)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Northern Territory) L. gaudini (70245 70283)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Turkmenistan L. gaudini (183302)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Kazakhstan L. moreti (175008)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) L. sp., L. gaudini (82808)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Madagascar L. gaudini (98219)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (California) L. gaudini (224967)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica L. gaudini (83367) L. sp. (83553)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Zacatecas) Baculites gaudini (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France L. gaudini (13500) L. moreti (58424)