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Choffatiasphinctes faunus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes (Choffatia) faunus was named by Siemiradzki (1899). It is the type species of Choffatiasphinctes.

It was recombined as Choffatiasphinctes faunus by Besnosov and Mitta (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Perisphinctes (Choffatia) faunus Siemiradzki
1993Choffatiasphinctes faunus Besnosov and Mitta p. 134 figs. Pl 19, fig 1

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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
genusChoffatiasphinctesBesnosov 1982
speciesfaunus(Siemiradzki 1899)

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.

†Choffatiasphinctes faunus Siemiradzki 1899
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Ukraine Choffatiasphinctes faunus (188459)