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Scaphites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Scaphites Parkinson
1857Ammonites (Scaphites) Meek
1900Anascaphites Hyatt p. 572
1959Scaphites Matsumoto p. 171
1976Scaphites Atabekyan and Khakimov p. 73
1977Scaphites Tanabe p. 16
1979Scaphites Wright p. 298
1984Scaphites Kennedy p. 146
1988Scaphites Thomel p. 25
1990Scaphites Henderson p. 127
1990Scaphites Kennedy and Cobban p. 418
1991Scaphites Kennedy and Christensen p. 222
1992Scaphites Cobban and Kennedy p. 84
1992Scaphites Kennedy et al. p. 275
1993Scaphites Kennedy p. 112
1993Scaphites Kennedy and Christennsen p. 155
1993Scaphites Kennedy and Cobban p. 845
1994Scaphites Kennedy p. 234
1995Scaphites Kennedy p. 432
1995Scaphites Kennedy and Kaplan p. 32
1997Scaphites Kennedy et al. p. 14
2000Scaphites Arkadiev et al. p. 120
2002Anascaphites Sepkoski
2002Coloradoscaphites Sepkoski
2002Scaphites Sepkoski
2004Scaphites Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 378
2005Scaphites Kennedy p. 423
2007Scaphites Kennedy and Latil p. 474
2007Scaphites Szives p. 120
2008Scaphites Kennedy et al. p. 47
2015Scaphites Kennedy and Gale p. 520

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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

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. †Scaphites Parkinson 1811
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Subg. †Scaphites (Scaphites) Parkinson 1811
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Invalid names: Scaphites inflatus Roemer 1841 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus Schlüter 1872
†Scaphites (Scaphites) haugi de Grossouvre 1894
†Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis Langenhan and Grundey 1891
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Invalid names: Scaphites bartlingi Riedel 1931 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Scaphites senessei Basse 1939 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei de Grossouvre 1894
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Invalid names: Scaphites arnaudiformis Collignon 1965 [synonym], Scaphites lamberti de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym], Scaphites potieri de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym], Scaphites sagensis Cobban 1952 [synonym]
†Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex Jukes-Browne 1875
†Scaphites arcadiensis Moreman 1942
†Scaphites binneyi Reeside 1927
†Scaphites bosquensis Böse 1928
†Scaphites corvensis Cobban 1951
†Scaphites delicatulus Warren 1930
†Scaphites depressus Reeside 1927
†Scaphites diana Wright 1979
†Scaphites equalis Sowerby 1813
†Scaphites eruciformis Etheridge 1902
†Scaphites ferronensis Cobban 1951
†Scaphites geinitzii d'Orbigny 1850
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†Scaphites gillisi Anderson 1902
†Scaphites hippocrepis DeKay 1828
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Invalid names: Scaphites nanclasi Coquand 1859 [synonym]
†Scaphites mariasensis Cobban 1851
†Scaphites meriani Pictet and Campiche 1861
†Scaphites nigricollensis Cobban 1951
†Scaphites obliquus Sowerby 1813
†Scaphites patulus Cobban 1951
†Scaphites praecoquus Cobban 1951
†Scaphites preventricosus Cobban 1951
†Scaphites roemeri d'Orbigny 1850
†Scaphites subdelicatulus Cobban and Gryc 1961
†Scaphites ventricosus Meek and Hayden 1862
†Scaphites whitfieldi Cobban 1951
Invalid names: Anascaphites Hyatt 1900 [synonym], Coloradoscaphites [synonym], Scaphites geinitzii laevior Wright 1979 [invalid subgroup]
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 Danian or 112.03000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (327 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland S. meriani (2237)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France S. clavigera, S. bassei, S. hugardianus, S. meriani (13499)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France S. hugardianus (58861) S. sp. (57922)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France S. hugardianus (56554 56680 56847 58125 58126 58253 58527 58533) S. simplex (58245) S. sp. (56669 56848 58246 58363 174461 174476 174482 174487) S. sp., S. hugardianus (56552 56674 58122 58359 58431)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Belgium S. sp. (174924)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Northern Territory) S. hugardianus (70283) S. hugardianus, S. eruciformis (70245)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Antsiranana) S. besairiei, S. collignoni (98215)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) S. simplex (98221)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy S. meriani (12838)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (Texas) S. sp. A (175335) S. sp. B (175336)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) S. reesidei (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) S. sp. (234107)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) S. sp. (46617)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. rugosus (7541 7570)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) S. sp. (4240)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. rugosus (7560)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. sp. (4435 4441 4444 4447 4454 4456 5556) S. yorkensis (4495)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) S. sp. (57919)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) S. sp. (4382 4383 4385)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) S. sp. (5572)