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Scalarites

Description

Scalarites is a genus of heteromorph ammonites included in the family Diplomoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, from 89.3 to 70.6 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Antarctica, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden and United States.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627395https://www.gbif.org/species/4627395
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15602https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15602
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Diplomoceratidae : Scalarites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Diplomoceratidae : Scalarites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusScalaritesWright & Matsumoto 1954
Scientific NameScalarites Wright & Matsumoto, 1954
Name Published InMem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. Geol., D4
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scalaritesgenusbelongs to Diplomoceratinaestated with evidenceKennedy, 1984
Scalaritesgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance101 - 90 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalarites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Scalarites cingulatum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1954Scalarites Wright and Matsumoto
1984Scalarites Kennedy p. 140
1991Scalarites Kennedy and Christensen p. 216
1993Scalarites Kennedy and Christennsen p. 152
1995Scalarites Kennedy and Kaplan p. 31
2002Scalarites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Kennedy W. J. (1984) Systematic palaeontology and stratigraphic distribution of the ammonite faunas of the French Coniacian, Special Papers in Palaeontology 31, 1-160
Kennedy W. J., Christensen W. K. (1991) Coniacian and Santonian ammonites from Bornholm, Denmark, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 38, 203-226
Kennedy W. J., Christennsen W. K. (1993) Santonian ammonites from the Köpingsberg-1 borehole, Sweden, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Denmark 40, 149-156
Kennedy W. J., Kaplan U. (1995) Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) seppenradensis (Landois) und die Ammonitenfauna der Dülmener Schichten, unteres Unter-Campan, Westfalen, Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 33, 1-127
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. Geol., D4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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