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Indosphinctes choffati

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Indosphinctes choffati was named by Parona and Bonarelli (1897). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UCBL-FSL 63672.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. abichi, I. luceyensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Indosphinctes choffati Parona and Bonarelli p. 174 figs. Pl. VIII, fig. 3 & 3a

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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
specieschoffati

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.

†Indosphinctes choffati Parona and Bonarelli 1897
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Indosphinctes choffati (60538)