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Pseudotissotia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy

Pseudotissotia was named by Peron (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u K Turo-l]. It is the type genus of Pseudotissotiinae.

It was assigned to Pseudotissotiinae by Chancellor (1982), Meister (1989); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pseudotissotidae by Meister et al. (2003); to Pseudotissotiidae by Hyatt (1903), Gale et al. (2005); and to Pseudotissotiinae by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007).

Species

P. (Pseudotissotia), P. galliennei, P. nigeriensis (syn. P. gabonensis)

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. gagnieri, P. nigeriense, P. nigeriensis, P. tricarinata

Synonyms

Bauchioceras was named by Reyment (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-l].

It was reranked as Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) by Reyment (1955), Barber (1957); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudotissotia by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007).

It was assigned to Pseudotissotinae by Reyment (1954); to Pseudotissotia by Reyment (1955), Barber (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).
Furoniceras was named by Collignon (1957).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudotissotia by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007).
Discovascoceras was named by Collignon (1957).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudotissotia by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1887	Pseudotissotia Peron
1903	Pseudotissotia Hyatt pp. 35 - 36
1954	Bauchioceras Reyment p. 157
1955	Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) Reyment p. 71
1957	Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) Barber p. 45
1957	Discovascoceras Collignon
1957	Furoniceras Collignon
1982	Pseudotissotia Chancellor p. 116
1989	Pseudotissotia Meister p. 43
2002	Bauchioceras Sepkoski
2002	Pseudotissotia Sepkoski
2003	Pseudotissotia Meister et al. p. 344
2005	Pseudotissotia Gale et al. p. 186
2007	Pseudotissotia Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 461

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Pseudotissotiidae	(Hyatt 1903)
subfamily	Pseudotissotiinae	Hyatt 1903
genus	Pseudotissotia	Peron 1887

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. †Pseudotissotia Peron 1887

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†Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis tabulata Barber 1957

Subg. †Pseudotissotia (Pseudotissotia) Peron 1897

†Pseudotissotia galliennei d'Orbigny 1850

†Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911

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†Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis bicarinata Barber 1957

†Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis macrocarinata Barber 1957

†Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis tricarinata Reyment 1954

Invalid names: Pseudotissotia gabonensis Lombard 1930 [synonym]

Invalid names: Bauchioceras Reyment 1954 [synonym], Discovascoceras Collignon 1957 [synonym], Furoniceras Collignon 1957 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	6	48.2	24.0	70.8	51.0	15.3
shell diameter	6	106.3	70.0	146.6	106.5	25.7
shell inflation	6	17.2	11.0	26.6	15.9	5.91

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 Turonian to the top of the Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	Nigeria	P. nigeriensis (83024) P. tricarinata, P. nigeriensis (82779)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	Gabon	P. nigeriensis (175455)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	Bauchioceras tricarinatum (210210) Hoplitoides nigeriensis (117606) P. nigeriensis (83008 83012 83021 83023 83025 83026 175525 175531 175543 175544 210102 210105) P. sp. (82781 83013 210101)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Gabon	P. nigeriensis (175457)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil (Sergipe)	P. nigeriensis (175461)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Niger	Thomasites nigeriensis (175436 175486 175487 175489)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	France	P. gagnieri (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Algeria	P. nigeriensis (236203)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Mexico	Bauchioceras nigeriense (73576)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil	P. nigeriensis, P. gabonensis (140888)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Colombia	Bauchioceras columbianum (233826)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	Bauchioceras nigeriense (3812)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Gabon	P. gabonensis (209621) P. sp. (209622)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Mexico (Guerrero)	P. galliennei (100120)