Biology:Spitidiscus

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Spitidiscus is a genus of ammonites placed in the family Holcodiscidae.[1][2]

Species

List of species within Spitidiscus:[3]

  • Spitidiscus kilapiae Rawson and Aguirre-Urreta, 2012 - Argentina
  • Spitidiscus oregonensis Imlay, 1960 - Oregon
  • Spitidiscus riccardii Leanza, and Wiedmann, 1992 - Argentina
  • Spitidiscus simitiensis Haas, 1960 - Colombia
  • Spitidiscus vandeckii (d'Orbigny, 1847)

Description

Biostratigraphic significance

The first appearance of the species Spitidiscus hugii or Spitidiscus vandeckii are proposed to be the marker for the beginning of the Barremian.[4]

Distribution

Spitidiscus has been found in:[3]

  • Agrio Formation, Argentina
  • Magdalena Valley, Simití and Cáqueza, Colombia
  • Kaliste Formation, Czech Republic
  • France
  • Gagra, Georgia, Caucasus
  • Maiolica Formation, Italy
  • Subbetics, Spain
  • Foggy Creek, Oregon

References

  1. Wright, C. W. with Callomon, J.H. and Howarth, M.K. (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et al. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, at 69.
  2. "Spitidiscus". Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Spitidiscus". Fossilworks. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15660. 
  4. "GSSP Table - Mesozoic Era". Geologic Time Scale Foundation. https://engineering.purdue.edu/Stratigraphy/gssp/index.php?parentid=35. Retrieved 15 January 2014. 

Bibliography

Wikidata ☰ Q12267669 entry