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Pachysphinctes major

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Pachysphinctes major was named by Spath (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Pachysphinctes major Spath p. 489 figs. Pl. 75, Fig 1, Pl 78, Figs 1,2, Pl 87, Fig 3, Pl 89, Fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusPachysphinctesDietrich
speciesmajorSpath 1931

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.

Pachysphinctes major Spath 1931
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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: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar Pachysphinctes major, Pachysphinctes robustus (234322)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar Pachysphinctes major (98163 98167)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian149.2 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Pachysphinctes major (2544 2569 2571 2572 2617)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Pachysphinctes major (13414)