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Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) spathi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) spathi was named by Reyment (1955). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47415, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 5 miles south of Keana, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Nigeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) spathi Reyment p. 72 figs. Pl 16, figs 1a,b; text-figs 33a,b, 34a,b,c

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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
speciesspathi

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Choffaticeras sp. (82775) Choffaticeras spathi (type locality: 82776 82777 82778)