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Pseudodiscosphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudodiscosphinctes was named by Oloriz (1978). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lithacoceratinae by Zeiss et al. (1994); and to Perisphinctidae by Fozy et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pseudodiscosphinctes Oloriz
1994Pseudodiscosphinctes Zeiss et al. p. 370
2013Pseudodiscosphinctes Fozy et al.

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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
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
genusPseudodiscosphinctesOloriz 1978

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. †Pseudodiscosphinctes Oloriz 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height536.630.053.030.011.0
shell diameter5102.578.0142.092.029.3
shell inflation539.228.049.043.09.73

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: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 149.20000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Berriasian161.5 - 137.05Spain P. sp. (73297)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy P. geron (184797 184802 184806) P. geron, P. bartheli (184803) P. sp., P. geron (184800)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Hungary P. chalmasi (154763 154765 154767 154768 160423 160425) P. sp. (154769)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Hungary P. chalmasi (160427 160428) P. sp. (160429)