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Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Arisphinctes was named by Buckman (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) by Buckman (1924) and Brochwicz-Lewinski (1973).

It was assigned to Perisphinctes by Buckman (1924) and Brochwicz-Lewinski (1973); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) chloroolithicus, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) colei, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) cotovuiformis, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kachchhensis, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kantkotensis, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kheraensis, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) subcolubrinus, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) tenuis, Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) trifidus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Perisphinctes A, Perisphinctes B, Perisphinctes africanus, Perisphinctes alatus, Perisphinctes andelotensis, Perisphinctes andium, Perisphinctes anguiculus, Perisphinctes buckmani, Perisphinctes buckmanni, Perisphinctes crassissimus, Perisphinctes dacquei, Perisphinctes densecostatus, Perisphinctes dorsoplanus, Perisphinctes eucostatus, Perisphinctes luciaeformis, Perisphinctes mairei-matheyi, Perisphinctes malinowskae, Perisphinctes panderi, Perisphinctes patturatensis, Perisphinctes pickeringius, Perisphinctes polygyratus, Perisphinctes polygyratus, Perisphinctes praestenocyclus, Perisphinctes progeron, Perisphinctes pumilus, Perisphinctes quadratus, Perisphinctes quadratus, Perisphinctes roedereri, Perisphinctes scythicus, Perisphinctes siemiradzkii, Perisphinctes siemirazkii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Arisphinctes Buckman
1924Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) Buckman
1973Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) Brochwicz-Lewinski
2002Arisphinctes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusPerisphinctes()
subgenusArisphinctes(Buckman 1924)

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Alligaticeras polymorphum (68644 68647)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Alligaticeras polymorphum (98180)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Arisphinctes helenae (98177) Arisphinctes helenae, Alligaticeras polymorphum (98213)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain Perisphinctes sp. (67866 67867)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation Arisphinctes ariprepes (213006)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Arisphinctes sp. (227146)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Perisphinctes helenae, Perisphinctes pickeringius, Perisphinctes chloroolithicus, Perisphinctes trifidus (12286) Perisphinctes pickeringius, Perisphinctes chloroolithicus, Perisphinctes trifidus (12287)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Alligaticeras polymorphum (234149) Alligaticeras polymorphum, Arisphinctes helenae (234238) Arisphinctes cotovui (234263) Perisphinctes orientalis (234237)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Perisphinctes chloroolithicus (62304)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Perisphinctes chloroolithicus (12291) Perisphinctes cotovui (13148) Perisphinctes maximus, Perisphinctes cotovui, Perisphinctes pickeringius, Perisphinctes tenuis, Perisphinctes chloroolithicus (12288) Perisphinctes sp. (63455)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Perisphinctes tenuis (190188)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Eritrea Perisphinctes subcolubrinus (209122)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Perisphinctes chloroolithicus (86019)