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Parengonoceras chottensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Taxonomy
Parengonoceras chottensis was named by Latil and Jaillard (2023). Its type specimen is UJF-ID.15106, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is BOA.7, Bir Oum Ali North, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Zebbag Formation of Tunisia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Parengonoceras chottensis Latil and Jaillard p. 21 figs. 16A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEngonoceratoideaHyatt 1903
familyKnemiceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusParengonoceras
specieschottensis

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.

Parengonoceras chottensis Latil and Jaillard 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height161.0
shell diameter1120.0
shell inflation115.0

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: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Tunisia Parengonoceras chottensis (type locality: 232796)