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Plesiospitidiscus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Plesiospitidiscus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Barremitinae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. boljetinensis, P. breskovskii, P. subdifficilis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. ligatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Plesiospitidiscus Wright et al. p. 69
2002Plesiospitidiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyBarremitinaeBreskovski 1977
genusPlesiospitidiscus

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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†Plesiospitidiscus boljetinensis Vasicek et al. 2013
†Plesiospitidiscus breskovskii Cecca et al. 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2016.09.0024.016.54.13
shell diameter2033.820.048.035.08.05
shell inflation206.243.009.506.501.85

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: Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Tunisia P. fasciger (205634 205635) P. sp. (205689)
Early/Lower Hauterivian - Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Tunisia P. sp. (205693)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Hungary P. sp. (86350 86352 86354 86355 86357 86358 86359 86360) P. sp., P. subdifficilis (61566)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain P. subdifficilis (61522 61523 61525 61526 61527 61529 61531 61534 61535 61536 61538 61539 61541)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Italy P. breskovskii (168440 168445 168446 168449) P. breskovskii, P. subdifficilis (168437 168438 168439 168444) P. sp. (65610 65619) P. subdifficilis (168442)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Tunisia P. sp. (205698 205699 205700 205707 205709) P. sp., P. subdifficilis (205696 205697 205701 205702 205703) P. subdifficilis (205694)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain (Comunidad Valenciana) P. sp. (169145)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Provence) P. ligatus (56064 56776) P. ligatus, P. rebouli (56063) P. rebouli (56780) P. sp., P. ligatus (56055)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Czech Republic P. sp. (2119)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Italy P. sp. (50798)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Slovakia P. sp. (2060)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0France (Provence) P. ligatus (56056)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Hungary P. sp. (86347 86348 86349)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Serbia and Montenegro P. boljetinensis (169610)