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Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites stangeri was named by Baily (1855). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri by Kennedy et al. (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ammonites stangeri Baily p. 455 figs. pl. 11, fig. 2
1973Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri Kennedy et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusTexanitesSpath 1932
subgenusPlesiotexanites(Matsumoto 1970)
speciesstangeri(Baily 1855)

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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa Texanites stangeri (66070)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Ammonites stangeri (175261)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa Plesiotexanites stangeri (82463) Texanites stangeri (82629)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1South Africa Texanites stangeri (82728)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain Plesiotexanites stangeri (66993)