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Leptosphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Glyptosphinctes Buckman
1925Spathia Schindewolf
1956Kubanoceras Kakadze and Zesashvili
1986Leptosphinctes Sandoval and Westermann p. 1265
1993Leptosphinctes Besnosov and Mitta p. 90
2002Leptosphinctes Sepkoski
2010Leptosphinctes Zatoń p. 131
2012Leptosphinctes Galacz p. 288

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyLeptosphinctinaeArkell 1950
genusLeptosphinctes

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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Subg. †Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) Buckman 1920
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Invalid names: Kubanoceras kardonikensis Kakadze and Zesashvili 1956 [synonym]
†Leptosphinctes tabernai Westermann 1983
Invalid names: Glyptosphinctes Buckman 1925 [synonym], Kubanoceras Kakadze and Zesashvili 1956 [synonym], Spathia Schindewolf 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height311.98.5018.011.04.92
shell diameter341.530.560.039.015.2
shell inflation322.017.030.021.06.66

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 Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.90000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Egypt Perisphinctes tenuiplicatus (170873)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2USA (Oregon) L. evolutus (234036)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Mexico (Oaxaca) L. sp. (8063) L. tabernai (8061 8066)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Canada (British Columbia) L. meseres, L. cliffensis (37603)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachaevo-Cherkessiya) L. sp., L. hodicus (234961)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Iran L. sp. (155331)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia L. sp. (48112)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Chile (Región de Tarapacá) L. sp. (228998 228999)
Parkinsoni170.9 - 168.2Poland L. sp. (187130)
Subfurcatum170.9 - 168.2Turkmenistan L. balchanense (187362) L. coronarius, L. densicostatum, L. balchanense (187369)
Subfurcatum170.9 - 168.2Russian Federation L. coronarius (187879) L. hodicus, L. pygmaeum (187899) L. leptus, L. coronarius, L. asinus, L. cleistus, Bajocisphinctes perspicuus (187896) L. leptus, L. coronarius, L. nikanorovae (187934) Praebigotites festonensis (187365 187900)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Hungary L. chaudonensis, L. leptus (151903) L. sp. (151907 151908) L. sp., L. chaudonensis, L. leptus, L. festonensis, L. umbilicatus (151904) L. sp., L. leptus, L. festonensis, L. sp., L. perspicuus (151905) L. sp., L. sp. (151906)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachaevo-Cherkessiya) L. kardonikensis, L. stephanoceratoides, L. paucicosta, L. asinus (234980) L. sp., L. hodicus (235067)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Kenya L. schmiereri (191124)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Egypt L. tenuiplicatus (184588) Perisphinctes tenuiplicatus (170869)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Spain Cleistosphinctes sp. (71712)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia L. sp. (48369)