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Scaphites ventricosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites ventricosus was named by Meek and Hayden (1862). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Anascaphites.

It was recombined as Anascaphites ventricosus by Hyatt (1900); it was recombined as Scaphites (Scaphites) ventricosus by Birkelund (1965).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Scaphites ventricosus Meek and Hayden
1900Anascaphites ventricosus Hyatt p. 571
1965Scaphites (Scaphites) ventricosus Birkelund p. 87 figs. Pl 19, figs 2,3; text-ig 78
2001Scaphites ventricosus Braunberger and Hall p. 344

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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
speciesventricosusMeek and Hayden 1862

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 ventricosus Meek and Hayden 1862
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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 Middle Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Scaphites ventricosus (87433 87569)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Montana) Scaphites ventricosus (89493)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Wyoming) Scaphites ventricosus (88542 88543 88544)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Greenland Scaphites ventricosus (70197)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Canada (Alberta) Scaphites ventricosus (87510 87511 87512 87513 87514)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Scaphites ventricosus (87515)