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Texanites (Texanites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Collignoniceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Texanites (Texanites) Spath
1991Texanites (Texanites) Kennedy and Christensen p. 214
1991Texanites (Texanites) Kennedy and Cobban p. 179
1993Texanites (Texanites) Kennedy and Cobban p. 836
1995Texanites (Texanites) Kennedy p. 420

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusTexanitesSpath 1932
subgenusTexanitesSpath 1932

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.

Subg. †Texanites (Texanites) Spath 1932
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Texas) Texanites gallicus (99927) Texanites vanhoepeni (99922 99937)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Spain Texanites gallicus (66969) Texanites quinquenodosus, Texanites gallicus (66968)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5France Texanites quinquenodosus (69871)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Texanites quinquenodosus (179203)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Ammonites soutoni (175261)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Cameroon Submortoniceras soutoni (82792 209645)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Gabon Mortoniceras texanum (209612)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Texas) Texanites gallicus (99933 99935)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Colorado) Texanites americanus (87852 87854)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Denmark Texanites pseudotexanum (70059 70060)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Texanites quinquenodosus (69895)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Texanites quinquenodosus (173328)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Mississippi) Texanites gallicus (3584)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa Texanites soutoni (82462)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Delaware) Texanites sp. (88607)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Texanites texanus (92241)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Madagascar Texanites soutoni (232218)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Texanites americanus (179640) Texanites gallicus (179659) Texanites soutoni (179639)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Texanites gallicus (179740) Texanites gallicus, Texanites soutoni (179605) Texanites quinquenodosus (179741 179742 179743) Texanites quinquenodosus, Texanites soutoni (179665)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Cameroon Texanites quinquenodosus (209676)