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Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotissotia segnis was named by Solger (1903). Its type specimen is SN.BG., a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Choffaticeras segne by Aly et al. (2008); it was recombined as Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne by Chancellor et al. (1994), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007), Kennedy et al. (2008), Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich (2012) and Moneer et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Pseudotissotia segnis Solger p. 77 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1, 2
1904Schloenbachia quaasi Peron in Fourtau p. 255 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-3
1909Tissotia schweinfurthi Eck
1909Tissotia securiformis Eck
1937Pseudotissotia (Leoniceras) alaouitense Basse
1969Choffaticeras securiforme Freund and Raab
1989Choffaticeras quaasi Meister p. 58 figs. Pl 27, fig 4; text-fig 39
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) quaasi Chancellor et al. p. 88
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Chancellor et al. p. 88
2007Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) quaasi Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 464 figs. 4.4, 4.5, 5.1
2007Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 468 figs. 5.5, 6.1-6.3
2008Choffaticeras segne Aly et al. p. 50 figs. Pl 2, figs A-F; pl 6, figs 2a-b; pl 7, fig 1c; text-fig 3.5,3.6
2008Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Kennedy et al. p. 162 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5; pl 7, figs 1,2; pl 8, figs 1-6; text-fig 9
2012Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) securiforme Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich p. 77 fig. 16
2012Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich p. 78 fig. 17
2022Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Moneer et al. p. 8 figs. 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusChoffaticeras
subgenusChoffaticerasHyatt 1903
speciessegne(Solger 1903)

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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Invalid names: Schloenbachia quaasi Peron in Fourtau 1904 [synonym], Tissotia schweinfurthi Eck 1909 [synonym], Tissotia securiformis Eck 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height6262.620.0168.062.027.7
shell diameter62121.728.0350.0120.061.1
shell inflation6221.85.0080.020.517.5

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 Middle Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Choffaticeras segne (138420 138421)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain Choffaticeras quaasi (175378)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Romania Choffaticeras quaasi (73519)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Jordan Choffaticeras segne (178494 178499 178504 178507)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) Choffaticeras segne (3765)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Choffaticeras quaasi (175531 175543)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Choffaticeras quaasi (186907 186999 187001)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Choffaticeras quaasi, Choffaticeras segne, Choffaticeras securiforme (114814) Choffaticeras securiforme (140585) Choffaticeras segne (114799 114897 140621 140720 141575 161472 226941) Choffaticeras segne, Choffaticeras securiforme (140245 140586)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Choffaticeras securiforme (161141)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Syria Pseudotissotia alaouitense (186912)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Choffaticeras segne (175005)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Choffaticeras segne (138419)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Choffaticeras segne (114904)