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Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) Hyatt
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) Chancellor et al. p. 84
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) Kennedy p. 261
2007Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 464
2008Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) Kennedy et al. p. 162
2022Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) Guendouz et al. p. 2170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusChoffaticeras
subgenusChoffaticerasHyatt 1903

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. †Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) Hyatt 1903
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Invalid names: Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) triangulare Faraud 1940 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Schloenbachia quaasi Peron in Fourtau 1904 [synonym], Tissotia schweinfurthi Eck 1909 [synonym], Tissotia securiformis Eck 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height7263.320.0168.065.025.8
shell diameter72125.428.0350.0125.057.8
shell inflation7222.55.0080.022.516.8

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Pachyvascoceras triangulare (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Gard) Vascoceras triangulare (170946)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Algeria Choffaticeras sinaiticum (227893 227896 227897 227901 227903 227912 227915 227916 227917 236204 236205)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (Sinai) Choffaticeras segne (3765)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Choffaticeras massipianum (210708) Choffaticeras quaasi (175531) Choffaticeras quaasi, Choffaticeras pavillieri (175543) Choffaticeras sp. (82775) Choffaticeras spathi (82776 82777 82778)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain Choffaticeras pavillieri (186908 187007) Choffaticeras quaasi (186907 186999 187001) Choffaticeras sinaiticum (186909)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco Choffaticeras segne (175005)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Romania Choffaticeras pavillieri (73511 73516) Choffaticeras quaasi, Choffaticeras pavillieri (73519)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Choffaticeras quaasi, Choffaticeras segne, Choffaticeras securiforme (114814) Choffaticeras securiforme (140585) Choffaticeras segne (114897 140621 140720 141575 161472 226941) Choffaticeras segne, Choffaticeras securiforme (140245 140586) Choffaticeras segne, Choffaticeras sinaiticum (114799) Choffaticeras sinaiticum (114815)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia Choffaticeras massipianum (161139) Choffaticeras meslei (88846 88847 88854) Choffaticeras pavillieri (161151) Choffaticeras securiforme, Choffaticeras pavillieri, Choffaticeras sinaiticum (161141)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon Choffaticeras koennei (82784)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) Choffaticeras pavillieri (56078)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Syria Pseudotissotia alaouitense (186912)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Jordan Choffaticeras segne, Choffaticeras sinaiticum (178494 178499 178504 178507)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Choffaticeras segne (138419)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Choffaticeras pavillieri (178858)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Choffaticeras segne (114904)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain Choffaticeras quaasi (175378)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Choffaticeras segne (138420 138421)