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Paraulacosphinctes transitorius

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites transitorius was named by Oppel (1865).

It was recombined as Paraulacosphinctes transitorius by Arkadiev (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ammonites transitorius Oppel
2011Paraulacosphinctes transitorius Arkadiev p. 240 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyParaulacosphinctinaeTavera 1985
genusParaulacosphinctesSchindewolf 1925
speciestransitorius(Oppel 1865)

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Russian Federation Paraulacosphinctes transitorius (213004)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Ukraine (Crimea) Paraulacosphinctes transitorius, Paraulacosphinctes senoides (174795)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France Paraulacosphinctes transitorius (183715)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy (Ancona) Paraulacosphinctes transitorius (46542)