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Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotissotia meslei was named by Peron (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Choffaticeras.

It was recombined as Choffaticeras meslei by Hyatt (1903); it was recombined as Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei by Chancellor et al. (1994), Kennedy (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. koennei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Pseudotissotia meslei Peron p. 33 figs. pl. 14, fig. 1
1903Choffaticeras meslei Hyatt pp. 37 - 38
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei Chancellor et al. p. 84
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei Kennedy p. 261

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusChoffaticeras
subgenusChoffaticerasHyatt 1903
speciesmeslei(Peron 1896)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height369.067.070.070.01.73
shell diameter3137.5125.0160.0130.018.9
shell inflation316.88.0035.017.013.7

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia Choffaticeras meslei (88846 88847 88854)