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Choicensisphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Choicensisphinctes Leanza
2016Choicensisphinctes Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 160
2017Choicensisphinctes Parent et al. p. 509
2018Choicensisphinctes Garrido et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyZapaliinae
genusChoicensisphinctesLeanza 1980

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. †Choicensisphinctes Leanza 1980
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Choicensisphinctes erinoides Burckhardt 1903
Choicensisphinctes platyconus Parent et al. 2011
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Invalid names: Virgatosphinctes (Lithacoceras) tenuilineatus Indians 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height530.024.336.030.24.14
shell diameter586.564.0100.093.014.5
shell inflation530.519.240.730.28.68

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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.50000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile (Región de Tarapacá) C. sp. (228258)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina C. platyconus (155320 155321 200673 200674 200677 200679 200680 200681 200682 200683 200684)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina (Neuquen) C. erinoides (132051) C. platyconus (132047 132048 132049) C. windhauseni (132050)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina C. burckhardti (200686) C. erinoides, C. burckhardti (200689)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Chile C. windhauseni (175925 175927 175928 175932)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquen) C. australis (132054) C. erinoides (132052 132053 132055)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Chile C. windhauseni (175930)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Mendoza) Reineckeia striolata (137136)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina C. erinoides (236410 236415 236416 236417 236420 236427 236462 236463 236465 236470 236473 236474 236475 236477 236508 236557 236558 236559 236560) C. erinoides, C. burckhardti (236461) C. platyconus (236324 236325 236408 236411 236453 236468) C. sp. (236428 236429 236431 236437 236509 236552 236554 236563) C. sp., C. erinoides (236464) C. striolatus (236514) C. windhauseni (236409 236460)