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Lobosphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Lobosphinctes is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zigzagiceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Leptosphinctinae by Mitta (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Lobosphinctes Arkell et al. p. 314
2002Lobosphinctes Sepkoski
2023Lobosphinctes Mitta p. 314

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyLeptosphinctinaeArkell 1950
genusLobosphinctes

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.

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†Lobosphinctes loczyi Papp 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height540.820.570.043.018.9
shell diameter5125.964.0250.0130.072.3
shell inflation555.229.0115.060.034.8

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 Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 171.60000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachaevo-Cherkessiya) L. loczyi (235066)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Germany L. sp. (62247 62248)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation L. costulatosus (230143)
Parkinsoni - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Russian Federation Prorsisphinctes loczyi (188457) Prorsisphinctes loczyi, Prorsisphinctes costulatosus (187367)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation L. dzhissaensis (230599)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation (Karachaevo-Cherkessiya) L. dzhissaensis (235064)