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Eurycephalitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Eurycephalitinae Thierry
1993Eurycephalitinae Arthur et al. p. 35
2006Eurycephalitinae Parent p. 50
2019Eurycephalitinae Poulton and Hall

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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
subfamilyEurycephalitinaeThierry 1976

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.

Subfm. †Eurycephalitinae Thierry 1976
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G. †Araucanites Westermann and Riccardi
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†Araucanites awakino Westermann et al. 2002
†Araucanites ponganui Westermann et al. 2002
†Araucanites postawakino Westermann et al. 2002
†Araucanites prereyesi Parent 2006
†Araucanites reyesi Westermann and Riccardi 1976
†Araucanites spellmani Westermann et al. 2002
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†Eurycephalites extremus Tornquist 1898
†Eurycephalites gottschei Tornquist 1898
†Eurycephalites involutus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
†Eurycephalites rotundus Tornquist 1898
G. †Iniskinites Imlay 1975
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†Iniskinites abruptus Imlay 1953
†Iniskinites andinus Burckhardt 1903
†Iniskinites cepoides Whiteaves 1884
†Iniskinites crassus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
†Iniskinites evolutus Parent 1998
†Iniskinites martini Imlay 1953
G. †Lilloettia Crickmay 1930
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†Lilloettia boesei Burckhardt 1927
†Lilloettia buckmani Crickmay 1930
†Lilloettia lilloetensis Crickmay 1930
†Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi Crickmay 1930
†Lilloettia milleri Imlay 1953
†Lilloettia stantoni Imlay 1953
†Lilloettia steinmanni Spath 1928
†Lilloettia tipperi Frebold 1967
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†Stehnocephalites crassicostatus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
G. †Veranadaites Parent and Garrido 2015
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†Veranadaites palmicostatus Parent and Garrido 2015
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†Xenocephalites araucanus Burckhardt 1903
†Xenocephalites grantmackiei Westermann and Hudson 1991
†Xenocephalites nikitini Burckhardt 1927
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Invalid names: Xenocephalites hebetus Imlay 1953 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 167.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Temaikan176.0 - 164.3New Zealand (Auckland) Lilloettia steinmanni, Araucanites awakino, Xenocephalites grantmackiei (233875) Xenocephalites grantmackiei, Lilloettia boesei (4878)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Canada (British Columbia) Iniskinites sp. (37607) Iniskinites sp., Lilloettia sp., Xenocephalites sp., Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites vicarius (37608) Iniskinites sp., Xenocephalites vicarius (37609)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1USA (Montana) Xenocephalites sp. (68848)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Argentina (Mendoza) Eurycephalites extremus (136702)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Canada (British Columbia) Iniskinites sp. (37626) Iniskinites sp., Iniskinites robustus (37625) Iniskinites sp., Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites vicarius (37630) Iniskinites sp., Xenocephalites hebetus (37631) Iniskinites sp., Xenocephalites vicarius, Iniskinites martini (37627) Lilloettia lilloetensis (37629)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Argentina (Mendoza) Iniskinites cadoceroides, Iniskinites subtransiens, Xenocephalites sp. (4882)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Argentina (Neuquen) Eurycephalites gottschei (158980) Eurycephalites sp., Iniskinites cadoceroides, Iniskinites subtransiens, Xenocephalites neuquensis, Lilloetia steinmanni (4881) Iniskinites crassus (158968 158970) Iniskinites crassus, Xenocephalites neuquensis (158969) Iniskinites sp. A, Iniskinites gulisanoi, Iniskinites evolutus, Xenocephalites araucanus (158966) Lilloettia steinmanni (158967) Stehnocephalites gerthi (158971 158977 158978) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Eurycephalites gottschei (158981) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Lilloettia steinmanni (158972) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Stehnocephalites crassicostatus (158976) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Stehnocephalites crassicostatus, Lilloettia steinmanni, Xenocephalites neuquensis (158973) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Xenocephalites neuquensis (158979) Xenocephalites sp. A, Stehnocephalites gerthi (158975)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Honduras Iniskinites andinus (169240)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Canada (British Columbia) Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites bearpawensis (204171) Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites bearpawensis, Iniskinites cepoides (204169) Lilloettia sp., Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites bearpawensis (204172) Lilloettia sp., Xenocephalites sp. (204170)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Middle Callovian167.7 - 161.2Mexico (Guerrero) Macrocephalites boesei, Macrocephalites nikitini (233959)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Wyoming) Xenocephalites sp. (172986)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Alaska) Kheraiceras abruptum (158904 158905 158907 158954) Kheraiceras intermedium (68872 68879 68912 68913 158652 158711) Kheraiceras magniforme (158888 158903) Kheraiceras martini (158900) Lilloettia buckmani (158706 158710 158916 158920 158941 158947 158957) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia lilloetensis (158948) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi (158958) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia milleri, Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi (158699) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia stantoni (158949) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites vicarius (158697) Lilloettia lilloetensis (158696 158707 158960) Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi, Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites vicarius, Kheraiceras magniforme (158908) Lilloettia stantoni (158887) Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites hebetus (158914) Xenocephalites hartsocki (158693 158882) Xenocephalites hebetus (68985) Xenocephalites hebetus, Kheraiceras intermedium (68881) Xenocephalites hebetus, Xenocephalites vicarius (158704) Xenocephalites sp. (68873) Xenocephalites vicarius (68988 158691 158692 158702 158708)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) Araucanites sp. (135722) Eurycephalites gottschei (158983) Stehnocephalites crassicostatus (158982) Xenocephalites stipanicici, Eurycephalites rotundus, Eurycephalites involutus, Eurycephalites extremus (158984)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Nequen) Eurycephalites vergarensis, Xenocephalites gottschei, Stehnocephalites gerthi, Eurycephalites rotundus (4883)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Mendoza) Eurycephalites rotundus (136693 136697)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Canada (British Columbia) Lilloettia lilloetensis (185052 185056 185061) Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites vicarius (185050) Lilloettia tipperi (185051)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Mendoza) Araucanites sp., Eurycephalites extremus (136698)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina Araucanites reyesi (68158)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) Araucanites prereyesi (135723) Araucanites reyesi (165734 165739 171544) Eurycephalitinae indet. (158522)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) Eurycephalitinae indet., Araucanites prereyesi (135717)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) Araucanites prereyesi (136310) Araucanites stipanicici, Araucanites reyesi (136319) Veranadaites palmicostatus (165741 171548)