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Trachyscaphites spiniger

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites spiniger was named by Schlüter (1872) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Europe, central Asia, western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Trachyscaphites spiniger by Atabekyan and Khakimov (1976), Kennedy (1986), Cobban and Kennedy (1992), Kennedy (1993), Niebuhr et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Scaphites spiniger Schlüter p. 82 figs. pl. 25, figs. 1-7
1976Trachyscaphites spiniger Atabekyan and Khakimov p. 65 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-4; pl 12, figs 2-4
1986Trachyscaphites spiniger Kennedy p. 130 figs. Pl 22, fig 4; text-fig 42
1992Trachyscaphites spiniger Cobban and Kennedy p. 86 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3; pl 7, figs 1,2,5,9; pl 8, figs 1-9; text-fig 4A
1993Trachyscaphites spiniger Kennedy p. 113
2016Trachyscaphites spiniger Niebuhr et al. p. 218 fig. 13A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusTrachyscaphitesCobban and Scott 1964
speciesspiniger(Schlüter 1872)

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.

Trachyscaphites spiniger Schlüter 1872
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Trachyscaphites spiniger (64187)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Uzbekistan Trachyscaphites spiniger (185087)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Trachyscaphites spiniger (165839)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Iran Trachyscaphites spiniger (174518)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Trachyscaphites spiniger (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Netherlands Trachyscaphites spiniger (82409 82922)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Turkmenistan Trachyscaphites spiniger (185093)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Trachyscaphites spiniger (73635)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Trachyscaphites spiniger (82894)