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Choicensisphinctes platyconus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Choicensisphinctes platyconus was named by Parent et al. (2011). It is not extant. Its type locality is Picun Leufu River, bed PL-5, which is in a Tithonian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australis, C. erinoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Choicensisphinctes platyconus Parent et al.
2017Choicensisphinctes platyconus Parent et al. p. 513 figs. 3A-C
2018Choicensisphinctes platyconus 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
speciesplatyconus

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.

†Choicensisphinctes platyconus Parent et al. 2011
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina Choicensisphinctes platyconus (155320 155321 200673 200674 200677 200679 200680 200681 200682 200683 200684)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina (Neuquen) Choicensisphinctes platyconus (type locality: 132047 132048 132049)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina Choicensisphinctes platyconus (236324 236325 236408 236411 236453 236468)