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Paroxynoticeras salisburgense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oxynoticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites salisburgensis was named by Hauer (1856). It is the type species of Paroxynoticeras.

It was recombined as Paroxynoticeras salisburgense by Blau (1998), Rakús and Guex (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. driani, P. pulchellum, P. ungulatum
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-06-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ammonites salisburgensis Hauer
1998Paroxynoticeras salisburgense Blau p. 221 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-4,6,9,16; text-fig 25
2002Paroxynoticeras salisburgense Rakús and Guex p. 93 figs. Pl 14, fig 6; pl 15, figs 2,3,5; pl 16, fig 1; text-fig 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyOxynoticeratidaeHyatt 1875
genusParoxynoticeras
speciessalisburgense(Hauer 1856)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1230.89.0070.038.419.8
shell diameter1268.018.6180.076.055.5
shell inflation1214.23.2045.514.116.1

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: Oxynotum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Paroxynoticeras salisburgense (200469 200472 200474 200475 200476 200505 200569 200610)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9Tunisia Paroxynoticeras salisburgense (170506)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9Austria Paroxynoticeras salisburgense (189175 189176 189177)