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Orthosphinctes alternans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
O. ariniensis, O. polygyratus (syn. Perisphinctes pseudobreviceps, Nautilus colubrinus, Ammonites tiziani, Perisphinctes postcolubrinus, Lithacoceras (Progeronia) pseudopolyplocoides, Perisphinctes uresheimensis)
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. africanus, O. beraketensis, O. beticus, O. ciryi, O. colubrinus, O. gidoni, O. kirkalalensis, O. polygratus, O. titziani, O. tiziani, O. tizianifomis, O. wagurensis, O. beticus, O. desmoides, O. desmoides debelmasi, O. desmoides desmoides, O. desmoides quenstedti, O. enayi, O. inconditus, O. perayensis, O. proinconditus, O. schaireri, O. thieuloyi, O. tintanti, O. beraketensis, O. blondeti, O. evolutus, O. pseudoachilles, O. stromeri, O. davidi, O. colubrinus, O. fontannesi, O. mogosensis, O. polygyratus, O. polygyratus, O. titziani, O. tiziani, O. torresensis, O. kirkdalensis, Perisphinctes anguinus, Perisphinctes monteiroi

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyAtaxioceratinaeBuckman 1921
genusOrthosphinctesSchindewolf 1925
speciesalternans

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Orthosphinctes alternans (12304 12305 12307)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Spain Orthosphinctes alternans (142598 142599 142600 142601)