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Mayaitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Mayaitidae was named by Spath (1928). Its type is Mayaites.

It was reranked as the subfamily Mayaitinae by Alberti et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Stephanocerataceae by Arkell et al. (1957), Helmstaedt (1969); and to Sphaeroceratidae by Alberti et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Mayaitidae Spath
1957Mayaitidae Arkell et al. p. 297
1969Mayaitidae Helmstaedt p. 72
2015Mayaitinae Alberti et al. p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)

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.

Subfm. †Mayaitinae Spath 1928
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G. †Dhosaites
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†Dhosaites otoitoides Spath 1928
†Dhosaites primus Spath 1928
G. †Epimayaites Spath 1928
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†Epimayaites axonoides Spath 1928
†Epimayaites evolutus Spath 1928
†Epimayaites falcoides Spath 1928
†Epimayaites lautus Spath 1928
†Epimayaites lemoini Spath 1924
†Epimayaites polyphemus Waagen 1875
†Epimayaites smeei Spath 1928
†Epimayaites subtumidus Waagen 1875
†Epimayaites transiens Waagen 1875
†Epimayaites waageni Uhlig 1910
Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Gray 1829 [nomen dubium]
G. †Mayaites
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Subg. †Mayaites (Araucanites) Westermann and Riccardi
†Mayaites dolium Collignon 1959
†Mayaites grepini Collignon 1959
†Mayaites jumarensis Spath 1928
†Mayaites maya Sowerby 1840
†Mayaites rotundus Spath 1928
†Mayaites subkobyi Spath 1928
G. †Paryphoceras Spath 1928
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†Paryphoceras badiense Spath 1928
†Paryphoceras crassum Collignon 1959
†Paryphoceras grayi Spath 1928
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Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Waagen 1875 [replaced]
†Paryphoceras rugosum Spath 1928
Invalid names: Prograyiceras Spath 1928 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India Dhosaites elephantoides, Dhosaites sp., Mayaites sp., Mayaites maya, Mayaites smeei, Dhosaites primus, Paryphoceras badiense (68647) Dhosaites elephantoides, Mayaites sp., Mayaites maya, Mayaites jumarensis, Mayaites rotundus, Dhosaites otoitoides, Paryphoceras rugosum (68644)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India (Gujarat) Dhosaites sp. (182018) Epimayaites lemoini, Paryphoceras badiense (163868) Epimayaites sp. (182020) Epimayaites sp. A, Epimayaites smeei (182038) Mayaites jumarensis, Epimayaites transiens (182016) Mayaites rotundus (182013) Mayaites sp. (182019 182021 182023) Mayaites sp., Mayaites subkobyi (182015)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India (Gujarat) Dhosaites sp., Epimayaites sp., Epimayaites lemoini, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites evolutus, Epimayaites falcoides (182031) Epimayaites axonoides (182027 182032) Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites transiens (182028) Epimayaites evolutus (182025 182026) Epimayaites sp., Mayaites sp. (46551) Paryphoceras tramauense (182033)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Eritrea Epimayaites falcoides (209122) Epimayaites sp. (209121)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Epimayaites sp., Mayaites waageni (65886) Mayaites waageni (65758)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Dhosaites barbieri, Epimayaites subfalcoides, Epimayaites lemoinei, Epimayaites moreti, Epimayaites sublautus, Epimayaites patella, Prograyiceras tramaunense, Prograyiceras furoni, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites evolutus, Epimayaites falcoides, Prograyiceras grayi (98213) Dhosaites otoitoides, Dhosaites primus (98186 98187) Epimayaites arenosus, Epimayaites lemoinei, Epimayaites subtumidus, Epimayaites transiens, Epimayaites lautus, Epimayaites falcoides (98177) Epimayaites lemoinei, Mayaites piveteaui, Mayaites hirtzi, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites falcoides, Paryphoceras badiense, Paryphoceras rugosum (98190) Epimayaites moreti, Epimayaites falcoides (98191) Mayaites obesus, Dhosaites primus (98188) Mayaites obesusrotundus (98175) Mayaites rotundus (98093) Mayaites smeei (98182)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India (Gujarat) Dhosaites otoitoides (182024) Dhosaites sp., Mayaites rotundus, Dhosaites primus (182014) Epimayaites falcoides (182035) Epimayaites lemoini (163873) Epimayaites lemoini, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites transiens (182037) Epimayaites polyphemus (182022) Epimayaites sp. A (163874) Epimayaites sp., Epimayaites polyphemus, Epimayaites lemoini, Epimayaites lautus, Epimayaites falcoides (163869) Mayaites maya (182012) Mayaites maya, Epimayaites transiens, Dhosaites primus (163871) Mayaites sp. (182017)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China Dhosaites elephantoides, Mayaites obesus, Epimayaites lemoini, Dhosaites primus (64863)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar Epimayaites subfalcoides, Epimayaites falcoides (234235)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Dhosaites barbieri, Epimayaites patella, Prograyiceras tramaunense, Epimayaites falcoides, Prograyiceras grayi (234237) Dhosaites elephantoides, Mayaites obesus, Mayaites maya, Dhosaites otoitoides, Dhosaites primus, Mayaites grepini, Mayaites dolium (234149) Dhosaites miaryensis, Epimayaites pruvosti, Epimayaites sornayi, Mayaites mahabobokensis, Mayaites obesus, Paryphoceras staphanoides, Prograyiceras bassei, Epimayaites transiens, Epimayaites lautus, Dhosaites primus, Prograyiceras crassum (234263) Epimayaites subfalcoides, Epimayaites lemoinei, Epimayaites moreti, Epimayaites sublautus, Prograyiceras furoni, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites evolutus, Epimayaites falcoides (234238) Mayaites piveteaui, Mayaites hirtzi, Epimayaites axonoides, Paryphoceras badiense (234262)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Menab) Mayaites arenosum, Epimayaites falcoides (234236)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8India (Gujarat) Epimayaites axonoides (182034) Epimayaites lemoini (182030) Epimayaites subtumidus, Epimayaites falcoides (182029)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Antarctica Epimayites transiens (68360)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21India (Gujarat) Stephanoceras subtumidum, Stephanoceras nepalense, Stephanoceras maya (234314)
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian154.8 - 154.8Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Epimayaites sp., Paryphoceras grayi (2575) Paryphoceras grayi (2585 2612)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Iraq (Zakho) Grayiceras sp. (192419)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Nepal Epimayaites waageni (142312)