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Pseudotoites (Pseudotoites) transatlanticus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Otoitidae

Taxonomy
Stephanoceras transatlanticus was named by Tornquist (1898). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Espinazito Pass, which is in a Bajocian marine sandstone in Argentina.

It was recombined as Pseudotoites transatlanticus by Arkell (1954); it was recombined as Pseudotoites (Pseudotoites) transatlanticus by Westermann (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sphaeroceroides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Stephanoceras transatlanticus Tornquist
1954Pseudotoites transatlanticus Arkell p. 592 fig. 13
1969Pseudotoites (Pseudotoites) transatlanticus Westermann p. 162 figs. Pl 47; text-figs 53-55,57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyOtoitidaeMascke 1907
genusPseudotoites
subgenusPseudotoitesSpath 1939
speciestransatlanticus(Tornquist 1898)

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 height234.425.546.436.014.8
shell diameter2104.368.0160.0114.065.1
shell inflation244.723.186.454.844.8

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: Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina (San Juan) Stephanoceras transatlanticus (type locality: 171241)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Pseudotoites transatlanticus (175617 175622)