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Choffaticeras (Leoniceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Leoniceras was named by Douvillé (1912). Its type is Pseudotissotia (Choffaticeras) luciae.

It was reranked as Pseudotissotia (Leoniceras) by Basse (1937); it was reranked as Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) by Kennedy (1994), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007) and Kennedy and Gale (2016).

It was assigned to Pseudotissotia by Basse (1937); and to Choffaticeras by Kennedy (1994), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007) and Kennedy and Gale (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pseudotissotia (Leoniceras) Basse
1994Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) Kennedy p. 262
2007Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 470
2016Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) Kennedy and Gale p. 285

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusChoffaticeras
subgenusLeoniceras(Douvillé 1912)

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 (Leoniceras) Douvillé 1912
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†Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae Pervinquière 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height836.723.054.038.510.7
shell diameter886.351.0134.093.029.7
shell inflation829.117.042.033.09.41

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: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Charente-Maritime) Ammonites ganiveti (174901)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Choffaticeras barjonai (186911) Choffaticeras luciae, Choffaticeras barjonai (186910)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Leoniceras luciaeformis, Leoniceras parvillieri, Leoniceras quaasi, Leoniceras segne, Leoniceras barjonai (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Choffaticeras luciae (161143 161154)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Jordan Choffaticeras luciae (178494 178499 178504 178507)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Portugal Pseudotissotia barjonai (186913)