Current Taxonomic Status of Late Cretaceous Species from the Western Interior Seaway
Jonathan R. Hendricks
Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York
Overview
The purpose of this page is to provide a listing of currently valid names of Late Cretaceous species from the Western Interior Seaway (WIS), as well as their synonymous equivalents. This listing is being used to standardize taxonomy across the CretaceousWorld TCN project. The corpus of taxonomic names is derived from the primary literature, as well as cataloged specimens in partner CretaceousWorld TCN collections. Taxa are treated at the family level and may be accessed via the links below. At the present time, all lists should be considered works in progress. A single listing of valid names of WIS species will be added at a later time.
Page last updated July 14, 2017
Completed Lists
Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758
Class Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797
Order Ammonoidea Zittel, 1884
Suborder Ammonitina Hyatt, 1889
Superfamily Acanthocerataceae Grossouvre, 1894
Family Acanthoceratidae Grossouvre, 1894
Family Collignoniceratidae Wright and Wright, 1951
Family Forbesiceratidae Wright, 1952
Family Vascoceratidae H. Douvillé, 1912
Superfamily Desmocerataceae Zittel, 1895
Family Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895
Family Muniericeratidae Wright, 1952
Superfamily Haplocerataceae Zittel, 1884
Family Binneyitidae Reeside, 1927
Superfamily Hoplitaceae H. Douvillé, 1890
Family Engonoceratidae Hyatt, 1900
Family Placenticeratidae Hyatt, 1990
Suborder Ancyloceratina Wiedmann, 1966
Superfamily Ancylocerataceae Gill, 1871
Family Ancyloceratidae Gill, 1871
Superfamily Scaphitaceae Gill, 1871
Superfamily Turrilitaceae Gill, 1871
Family Anisoceratidae Hyatt, 1900
Family Diplomoceratidae Spath, 1926
Family Turrilitidae Gill, 1871
Suborder Lytoceratina Hyatt, 1889
Superfamily Tetragonitaceae Hyatt, 1900
Family Gaudryceratidae Spath, 1927
Records Incorporated
To date records from the following works have been incorporated:
Kennedy, W. J. and W. A. Cobban. 1990a. Cenomanian ammonite faunas from the Woodbine Formation and lower part of the Eagle Ford Group, Texas. Palaeontology 33(1): 75-154. [Access.]
Kennedy, W. J., N. H. Landman, and W. A. Cobban. 2001. Santonian ammonites from the Blossom Sand in northeast Texas. American Museum Novitates 3332: 9 pp. [Access.]