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Stehnocephalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Stehnocephalites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Indocephalites gerthi.

It was assigned to Eurycephalitinae by Parent (1998); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Stehnocephalites Parent p. 95
2002Stehnocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyEurycephalitinaeThierry 1976
genusStehnocephalites

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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Stehnocephalites crassicostatus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height629.118.045.828.49.17
shell diameter669.440.0106.972.122.7
shell inflation618.19.0028.918.47.04

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 Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 167.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Argentina (Neuquen) S. gerthi (158971 158972 158975 158977 158978 158979 158981) S. gerthi, S. crassicostatus (158973 158976)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) S. crassicostatus (158982)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Nequen) S. gerthi (4883)