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Perisphinctes katrolensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Perisphinctes katrolensis was named by Waagen (1875). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kachchh Katrol Group, which is in a Kimmeridgian offshore siltstone in the Katrol Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. africanus, P. andium, P. mairei-matheyi, P. malinowskae, P. panderi, P. polygyratus, P. praestenocyclus, P. progeron, P. quadratus, P. scythicus, P. siemiradzkii, P. eucostatus, P. quadratus, P. pickeringius, P. buckmani, P. buckmanni, P. luciaeformis, P. crassissimus, P. A, P. B, P. anguiculus, P. patturatensis, P. siemirazkii, P. roedereri, P. alatus, P. andelotensis, P. densecostatus, P. pumilus, P. dorsoplanus, P. dacquei, P. polygyratus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1875	Perisphinctes katrolensis Waagen p. 184 figs. PI. LIII

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Perisphinctinae	Steinmann 1890
genus	Perisphinctes	()
species	katrolensis

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.

†Perisphinctes katrolensis Waagen 1875

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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	India	Perisphinctes katrolensis (type locality: 234313)