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Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotissotia (Choffaticeras) luciae was named by Pervinquière (1907) [DISTRIBUTION: Turonian; Europe, central Asia.]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Leoniceras.

It was recombined as Leoniceras luciae by Collignon (1965); it was recombined as Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) luciae by Chancellor et al. (1994); it was recombined as Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae by Kennedy (1994), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007), Kennedy and Gale (2015) and Kennedy et al. (2015); it was recombined as Choffaticeras luciae by Aly et al. (2008); it was recombined as Pseudotissotia luciae by Wagner (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pseudotissotia (Choffaticeras) luciae Pervinquière p. 354 figs. pl. 24, figs. 1, 2
1965Leoniceras luciae Collignon p. 191
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) luciae Chancellor et al. p. 91
1994Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae Kennedy p. 262
2007Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 472 figs. 7.2-7.4
2008Choffaticeras luciae Aly et al. p. 51 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2; text-figs 3.7,3.8
2015Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae Kennedy et al. p. 476
2015Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae Kennedy and Gale pp. 285, 287
2020Pseudotissotia luciae Wagner

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

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.

Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae Pervinquière 1907
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Choffaticeras luciae (186910)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Choffaticeras luciae (161143 161154)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Jordan Choffaticeras luciae (178494 178499 178504 178507)