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Indosphinctes (Elatmites) curvicosta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites curvicosta was named by Oppel (1857). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Perisphinctes curvicosta by Waagen (1875); it was recombined as Grossouvria curvicosta by Spath (1931); it was recombined as Indosphinctes (Elatmites) curvicosta by Mangold (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ammonites curvicosta Oppel p. 169 figs. Pl. xxxix, figs. 5a, b
1875Perisphinctes curvicosta Waagen p. 169
1931Grossouvria curvicosta Spath p. 365
1970Indosphinctes (Elatmites) curvicosta Mangold p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPseudoperisphinctinaeSchindewolf 1925
genusIndosphinctes
subgenusElatmites()
speciescurvicosta(Oppel 1857)

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 19:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Grossouvria curvicosta (98138 98185)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) Grossouvria curvicosta (234102)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Elatmites curvicosta (60428) Grossouvria curvicosta (60548)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Grossouvria curvicosta (60538 60554)