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Janenschites oosteri

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Bochianitidae

Taxonomy
Bochianites oosteri was named by Sarison and Schöndelmayer (1902) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Cretaceous.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bochianites neocomiensis by Reboulet (1996), Klein et al. (2007); it was recombined as Janenschites oosteri by Cadena et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Bochianites oosteri Sarison and Schöndelmayer p. 179 figs. pl. 24, figs. 3-4
2025Janenschites oosteri Cadena et al. p. 4 figs. 3A-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderProtancyloceratinaVermeulen 2005
superfamilyBochianitoideaSpath 1922
familyBochianitidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyBochianitinaeSpath 1922
genusJanenschites
speciesoosteri(Sarison and Schöndelmayer 1902)

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.

Janenschites oosteri Sarison and Schöndelmayer 1902
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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 Valanginian to the top of the Hauterivian or 137.05000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Slovakia Bochianites oosteri (64709 64711 64713 64717)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Austria Bochianites oosteri (55585)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Czech Republic Bochianites oosteri (2118)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Colombia (Santander) Janenschites oosteri (237273)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Czech Republic Bochianites oosteri (2119)