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Caumontisphinctes (Caumontisphinctes) bifurcus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parkinsoniidae

Taxonomy
Caumontisphinctes bifurcus was named by Buckman (1920).

It was recombined as Caumontisphinctes (Caumontisphinctes) bifurcus by Besnosov and Mitta (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gruibingensis, C. phaulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Caumontisphinctes bifurcus Buckman
1993Caumontisphinctes (Caumontisphinctes) bifurcus Besnosov and Mitta p. 169 figs. Pl 21, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyParkinsoniidaeBuckman 1920
genusCaumontisphinctes
subgenusCaumontisphinctesBuckman 1920
speciesbifurcus(Buckman 1920)

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: Subfurcatum or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina Caumontisphinctes bifurcus (236382)
Subfurcatum170.9 - 168.2Russian Federation Caumontisphinctes bifurcus (187370 187879 187900)