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Spathites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626931	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626931
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15648	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15648

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Spathites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Spathites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea
family	Acanthoceratidae	Grossouvre 1894
subfamily	Mammitinae
genus	Spathites	Kummel & Decker 1954

Scientific Name

Spathites Kummel & Decker, 1954

Name Published In

J. Paleont., 28, 310

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Spathites	genus	belongs to Acanthoceratidae	stated without evidence	Kennedy and Cobban, 1988
Spathites	genus	belongs to Mammitinae	stated with evidence	Cobban, 1988
Spathites	genus	belongs to Mammitinae	stated without evidence	Wright, 1996
Spathites	genus	belongs to Mammitinae	stated with evidence	Cooper, 1998
Spathites	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Spathites	genus	belongs to Mammitinae	stated with evidence	Barroso-Barcenilla, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (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

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Spathites (Ingridella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		7	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		49	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spathites (Spathites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mammites laevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neoptychites sulcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spathites coahuilaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spathites combesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spathites pachycostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spathites puercoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spathites revelerianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spathites revelierianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spathites rioensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spathites tavense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Amblydiscus Adkins, 1933	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : *Amblydiscus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1933	Amblydiscus Adkins p. 238
1954	Spathites Kummel and Decker
1960	Fallotites Wiedmann p. 741
1988	Spathites Cobban p. 8
1988	Spathites Kennedy and Cobban p. 603
1992	Spathites Summesberger p. 112
1994	Spathites Kennedy p. 258

Year	Name and Author
1996	Spathites Wright
1998	Spathites Cooper
2002	Spathites Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Spathites Barroso-Barcenilla p. 98
2007	Spathites Barroso-Barcenilla p. 131
2016	Spathites Kennedy and Gale p. 273
2017	Spathites Benzaggagh et al. p. 113

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Cobban W. A. (1988) The Late Cretaceous ammonite Spathites Kummel & Decker in New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 114, 5-21

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1988) Mid-Turonian ammonite faunas from northern Mexico, Geological Magazine 125 6, 593-612

Summesberger H. (1992) Ammoniten aus dem Turon (Oberkreide) der Nördlichen Kalkalpen (Österreich), Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 94, 103-133

Kennedy W. J. (1994) Lower Turonian ammonites from Gard (France), Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1, 255-275

Barroso-Barcenilla F. (2004) Acanthoceratidae y zonación de ammonites del Cenomaniense superior y del Turoniense inferior en el área de Puentedey, Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica, España, Coloquios de Paleontología 54, 83-114

Barroso-Barcenilla F. (2007) Revision and new data of the ammonite family Acanthoceratidae de Grossouvre, 1894, from the Lower Turonian of the Iberian Trough, Spain, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280, 123-163

Kennedy W. J., Gale A. S. (2016) Turonian ammonites from northwestern Aquitaine, France, Cretaceous Research 58, 265-296

Benzaggagh M., Oumhamed M., et al (2017) Turonian cephalopods (ammonoids and a nautiloid) from the Wadi Daya Formation of the Talerzha Basin (South Riffian Ridges Domain, northern Morocco), Cretaceous Research 74, 109-119

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

J. Paleont., 28, 310 - 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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