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Perisphinctes choffati
Taxonomy
Perisphinctes choffati was named by Dacque (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atschabo, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. africanus, P. andium, P. mairei-matheyi, P. malinowskae, P. panderi, P. polygyratus, P. praestenocyclus, P. progeron, P. quadratus, P. scythicus, P. siemiradzkii, P. eucostatus, P. quadratus, P. pickeringius, P. buckmani, P. buckmanni, P. luciaeformis, P. crassissimus, P. A, P. B, P. anguiculus, P. patturatensis, P. siemirazkii, P. roedereri, P. alatus, P. andelotensis, P. densecostatus, P. pumilus, P. dorsoplanus, P. dacquei, P. polygyratus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Perisphinctes choffati Dacque |
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†Perisphinctes choffati Dacque 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian | Ethiopia | Perisphinctes choffati (type locality: 94585) |