Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites subbackeriae, Choffatia subbakeriae
Synonym: Ammonites backeriae d'Orbigny 1845 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 1:1-392
Belongs to Choffatia according to M. Zatoń 2010
See also d'Orbigny 1850 and Parent 1998
Sister taxa: Choffatia (Choffatia), Choffatia acuticosta, Choffatia arisphinctoides, Choffatia baluchistanensis, Choffatia cerealis, Choffatia furcula, Choffatia jupiter, Choffatia neumayri, Choffatia perdagata, Choffatia poculum, Choffatia schilleri, Choffatia suborion, Loboplanulites cerealiformis, Loboplanulites subkranaiformis, Loboplanulites choffatiaformis, Loboplanulites prosorovskii, Loboplanulites zakharovi, Anaplanulites hyatti, Grossouvria evexa, Grossouvria sulciferus, Grossouvria colfaxi, Grossouvria kontkiewiczi, Grossouvria crassa, Grossouvria delbosi
Type specimens:
- Choffatia subbackeriae: MNHN.F.R02723
- Ammonites backeriae:
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 140.8
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (5 collections), Germany (1), Madagascar (2), Poland (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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