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Indosphinctes (Elatmites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Elatmites was named by Shevyrev (1960). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Indosphinctes (Elatmites) by Mangold (1970).

It was assigned to Perisphinctidae by Shevyrev (1960); and to Indosphinctes by Mangold (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Elatmites Shevyrev p. 69
1970Indosphinctes (Elatmites) Mangold p. 84

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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
subfamilyPseudoperisphinctinaeSchindewolf 1925
genusIndosphinctes
subgenusElatmites()

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.

Subg. †Indosphinctes (Elatmites) Shevyrev 1960
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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: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Grossouvria curvicosta (98138 98185)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Elatmites curvicosta (60428) Elatmites revoli (60431) Elatmites sp. (60426 60427) Grossouvria curvicosta (60548)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Grossouvria curvicosta (234102)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Grossouvria curvicosta (60538 60554)