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Scaphites equalis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4947836https://www.gbif.org/species/4947836
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)129222https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=129222
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Scaphitidae : Scaphites : Scaphites equalis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : Scaphites : Scaphites equalis
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
superfamilyScaphitoidea
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusScaphitesParkinson 1811
speciesScaphites equalisSowerby 1813
Generic NameScaphites
Scientific NameScaphites equalis (Sowerby, 1813)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scaphites equalisspeciesbelongs to Scaphitesstated with evidenceSowerby, 1813
Scaphites equalisspeciesbelongs to Scaphitesstated without evidenceTanabe, 1977
Scaphites equalisspeciesbelongs to Scaphitesstated with evidenceHenderson, 1990
Scaphites equalisspeciesbelongs to Scaphites (Scaphites)stated with evidenceKennedy, 1993
Scaphites equalisspeciesbelongs to Scaphitesstated with evidenceKennedy and Jolkicev, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 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)W. J. Kennedy, M. Hansotte, and M. Bilotte, J. Burnett. 1992. Ammonites and nannofossils from the Campanian of Nalzen (Ariége, France). Geobios 25(2):263-278

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1813Scaphites equalis Sowerby p. 53 figs. pl. 18, figs. 1-3
1977Scaphites equalis Tanabe p. 16
1990Scaphites equalis Henderson p. 127
1992Scaphites equalis Kennedy et al. p. 275
1993Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis Kennedy p. 112
1993Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis Kennedy and Christennsen p. 155
1997Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis Kennedy et al. p. 14
2004Scaphites equalis Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 378 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-16
2013Scaphites equalis Wilmsen and Nagm p. 668 figs. 18E-G
2014Scaphites equalis Wilmsen and Nagm p. 234 fig. 13m

References

Kennedy W. J., Hansotte M., et al (1992) Ammonites and nannofossils from the Campanian of Nalzen (Ariége, France), Geobios 25 2, 263-278
Tanabe K. (1977) Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido, Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 21, 11-22
Henderson R. A. (1990) Late Albian ammonites from the Northern Territory, Australia, Alcheringa 14, 109-148
Kennedy W. J. (1993) Campanian and Maastrichtian ammonites from the Mons Basin and adajcent areas (Belgium), Bulletin de L'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 63, 99-131
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., Cobban W. A., et al (1997) New ammonoid records from the Merchantville Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Maryland and New Jersey, American Museum Novitates 3193, 1-17
Kennedy W. J., Jolkicev N. (2004) Middle Cenomanian ammonites from the type section of the Sanandinovo Formation of northern Bulgaria, Acta Geologica Polonica 54, 369-380
Wilmsen M., Nagm E. (2013) Upper Cenomanian-Lower Turonian ammonoids from the Saxonian Cretaceous (lower Elbtal Group, Saxony, Germany), Bulletin of Geosciences 88, 647-674
Wilmsen M., Nagm E. (2014) Kreide-Fossilien in Sachsen, Teil 1, 7. Ammoniten, Geologica Saxonica 60, 201-240
M. Wilmsen, E. Nagm (2014) Kreide-Fossilien in Sachsen, Teil 1, 7. Ammoniten: Geologica Saxonica: 201--240 - via Catalogue of Life
W. J. Kennedy, M. Hansotte, M. Bilotte, J. Burnett (1992) Ammonites and nannofossils from the Campanian of Nalzen (Ariége, France): Geobios 2: 263--278 - via Catalogue of Life
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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