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Trachyscaphites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4625954https://www.gbif.org/species/4625954
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15750https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15750
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Scaphitidae : Trachyscaphites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : Trachyscaphites
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
genusTrachyscaphitesCobban & Scott 1964
Scientific NameTrachyscaphites Cobban & Scott, 1964
Name Published InProf. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 483-E:
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Trachyscaphitesgenusbelongs to Scaphitidaestated with evidenceAtabekyan and Khakimov, 1976
Trachyscaphitesgenusbelongs to Scaphitinaestated with evidenceCobban and Kennedy, 1992
Trachyscaphitesgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Trachyscaphitesgenusbelongs to Scaphitinaestated with evidenceIfrim et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Trachyscaphites alabamensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
370.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trachyscaphites densicostatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trachyscaphites praespriniger
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1483.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trachyscaphites redbirdensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Trachyscaphites spiniger
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1083.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Trachyscaphites Cobban and Scott
1976Trachyscaphites Atabekyan and Khakimov p. 64
1992Trachyscaphites Cobban and Kennedy p. 86
1993Trachyscaphites Kennedy p. 112
2002Trachyscaphites Sepkoski, Jr.
2015Trachyscaphites Ifrim et al. p. 251
2016Trachyscaphites Niebuhr et al. p. 218

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Atabekyan A. A., Khakimov F. K. (1976) , Kampanskie i Maastrikhtskie ammonity sredney Azii, 1-146
Cobban W. A., Kennedy W. J. (1992) Campanian Trachyscaphites spiniger ammonite fauna in north-east Texas, Palaeontology 35 1, 63-93
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
Ifrim C., Stinnesbeck W., et al (2015) Upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) cephalopods from the Parras Shale near Saucedas, Coahuila, Mexico, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 64, 229-257
Niebuhr B., Taherpour Khalil Abad M., et al (2016) First record of late Campanian ammonites from the Abderaz Formation of the Koppeh Dagh, northeastern Iran, Cretaceous Research 58, 202-222
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
Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 483-E: - 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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