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Lithacosphinctes
Taxonomy
Lithacosphinctes was named by Oloriz (1978). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ataxioceratinae by Parent (2006); and to Ataxioceratidae by Parent et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Ataxioceratinae by Parent (2006); and to Ataxioceratidae by Parent et al. (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Lithacosphinctes Oloriz |
| 2006 | Lithacosphinctes Parent p. 48 |
| 2006 | Lithacosphinctes Parent et al. p. 319 |
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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.
G. †Lithacosphinctes Oloriz 1978
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†Lithacosphinctes achilles d'Orbigny 1850
†Lithacosphinctes desertorum Stehn 1923
†Lithacosphinctes janus Choffat 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 33.3 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 110.6 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 48.9 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 152.21000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Argentina | L. janus (68162) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Iran | L. sp. A (132150) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | India (Gujarat) | L. sp. (46554) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bavaria) | L. evolutus (212932) L. evolutus, L. pseudoachilles (212931) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | France | Orthoshinctes evolutus (12290) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Switzerland (Jura) | L. janus (185665) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Romania | L. evolutus (198352) L. pseudolictor (198363) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Argentina (Neuquen) | L. janus (135771 136308) |