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Protophites christoli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oecoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites christolii was named by Beaudoin (1851).

It was recombined as Christolia christoli by Jeannet (1951); it was recombined as Protophites christoli by Jantschke et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Ammonites christolii Beaudoin
1951Christolia christoli Jeannet p. 106 figs. Pl 31, figs 7-10; pl 30, fig 8; text-fig 239
2025Protophites christoli Jantschke et al. p. 23 figs. Pl 2, fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyOecoptychiidae
genusProtophites
specieschristoli(Beaudoin 1851)

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.

Protophites christoli Beaudoin 1851
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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 Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Christolia christoli (171491 171559 171586 171699)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Protophites christoli (12286 12287)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Protophites christoli (240349)