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Scaphites equalis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites equalis was named by Sowerby (1813). Its type specimen is BMNH 43986, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Scaphites, Scaphites (Scaphites).

It was recombined as Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis by Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Christennsen (1993) and Kennedy et al. (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. aequalis, S. aquisgranensiformis, S. reesidei, S. manasoaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Scaphites equalis Sowerby p. 53 figs. pl. 18, figs. 1-3
1977Scaphites equalis Tanabe p. 16
1990Scaphites equalis Henderson p. 127
1992Scaphites equalis Kennedy et al. p. 275
1993Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis Kennedy p. 112
1993Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis Kennedy and Christennsen p. 155
1997Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis Kennedy et al. p. 14
2004Scaphites equalis Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 378 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-16
2013Scaphites equalis Wilmsen and Nagm p. 668 figs. 18E-G
2014Scaphites equalis Wilmsen and Nagm p. 234 fig. 13m

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusScaphitesParkinson 1811
speciesequalis

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.

†Scaphites equalis Sowerby 1813
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Scaphites equalis (230777)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandie) Scaphites equalis (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Scaphites equalis (81002 230775)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandy) Scaphites equalis (4022)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Scaphites equalis (82857 82899 82913 82916 82919)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Scaphites equalis (172057 172081)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Bulgaria Scaphites equalis (174932 174936 174939)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandy) Scaphites equalis (4025 4027)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Scaphites equalis (4072)