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Choffaticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Choffaticeras Hyatt p. 37
1907Pseudotissotia (Choffaticeras) Pervinquiére p. 354
1989Choffaticeras Meister p. 58
1994Choffaticeras Chancellor et al. p. 83
1994Choffaticeras Kennedy p. 261
1994Choffaticeras Meister et al. p. 214
1996Choffaticeras Wright et al. p. 179
2002Choffaticeras Sepkoski
2003Choffaticeras Meister et al. p. 345
2007Choffaticeras Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 463
2008Choffaticeras Aly et al. p. 50
2008Choffaticeras Kennedy et al. p. 162
2016Choffaticeras Kennedy and Gale p. 285
2022Choffaticeras Guendouz et al. p. 2169

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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

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.

G. †Choffaticeras Hyatt 1903
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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 height8059.920.0168.060.926.3
shell diameter80120.828.0350.0123.857.2
shell inflation8023.15.0080.023.516.2

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: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon C. koennei (82784)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco C. segne (175005)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (Sinai) C. segne (3765)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Portugal Pseudotissotia barjonai (186913)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Algeria C. sinaiticum (227893 227896 227897 227901 227903 227912 227915 227916 227917 236204 236205)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) C. pavillieri (56078)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (200334)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Leoniceras luciaeformis, Leoniceras parvillieri, Leoniceras quaasi, Leoniceras segne, Pachyvascoceras triangulare, Leoniceras barjonai (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain C. barjonai (186911) C. luciae, C. barjonai (186910) C. pavillieri (186908 187007) C. quaasi (186907 186999 187001) C. sinaiticum (186909)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Gard) Vascoceras triangulare (170946)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Romania C. pavillieri (73511 73516) C. quaasi, C. pavillieri (73519)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Syria Pseudotissotia alaouitense (186912)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt C. quaasi, C. segne, C. securiforme (114814) C. securiforme (140585) C. segne (114897 140621 140720 141575 161472 226941) C. segne, C. securiforme (140245 140586) C. segne, C. sinaiticum (114799) C. sinaiticum (114815)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Niger C. sp. (175488)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia C. luciae (161143 161154) C. massipianum (161139) C. meslei (88846 88847 88854) C. pavillieri (161151) C. securiforme, C. pavillieri, C. sinaiticum (161141) C. sp. (161124 161149 161150)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria C. massipianum (210708) C. quaasi (175531) C. quaasi, C. pavillieri (175543) C. sp. (82775) C. spathi (82776 82777 82778)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Jordan C. segne, C. luciae, C. sinaiticum (178494 178499 178504 178507)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon C. sp. 1 (175458) C. sp. 2 (175456)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt C. segne (138419)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France C. pavillieri (178858)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt C. segne (114904)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt C. segne (138420 138421)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Charente-Maritime) Ammonites ganiveti (174901)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain C. quaasi (175378)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Pseudotissotia pavillieri (209621)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Pseudotissotia koeneni (209668)