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Passendorferia (Enayites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Enayites was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Passendorferia (Enayites) by Melendez Hevia (1989).

It was assigned to Passendorferia by Melendez Hevia (1989); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Passendorferia (Enayites) Melendez Hevia
2002Enayites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPassendorferiinaeMelendez Hevia 1989
genusPassendorferia
subgenusEnayites

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain Passendorferia czenstochowiensis (142571)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Italy (Trapani) Passendorferia rozaki, Passendorferia gygii (36966)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Passendorferia birmendorfensis (63455)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain Enayites sp. (68308)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Spain Enayites sp. (68307)