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Prorsisphinctes (Prorsisphinctes)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Prorsisphinctes (Prorsisphinctes) Buckman
1993Prorsisphinctes (Prorsisphinctes) Besnosov and Mitta p. 126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
genusProrsisphinctes
subgenusProrsisphinctesBuckman 1921

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.

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 Parkinsoni to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 170.90000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina Lobosphinctes intersertus (236382)
Parkinsoni170.9 - 168.2Turkmenistan Prorsisphinctes meseres (187880)
Parkinsoni - Early/Lower Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Russian Federation Prorsisphinctes intersertus (187367 188457)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation Prorsisphinctes evolutoides (188434)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Turkmenistan Prorsisphinctes evolutoides, Prorsisphinctes intersertus (188454)