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Pachysphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Pachysphinctes was named by Dietrich [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Virgatosphinctinae by Myczynski (1989); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pachysphinctes Myczynski p. 95
2002Pachysphinctes Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusPachysphinctesDietrich

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. †Pachysphinctes Dietrich
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Invalid names: Pachysphinctes marellei Collignon 1959 [synonym], Pachysphinctes trichordis Collignon 1959 [synonym]
†Pachysphinctes beyrichi Futterer 1894
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Invalid names: Torquatisphinctes betsibokensis Collignon 1959 [synonym]
†Pachysphinctes major Spath 1931
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar P. bathyplocus (98162) P. bathyplocus, P. major (98163) P. grandti (98164) P. major (98167)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Antarctica (Alexander Island) P. sp. (2073)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8India Perisphinctes bathyplocus (234313)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar P. bathyplocus (234281) P. granti (234302) P. hirtzi (234293) P. trichordis, P. marellei (234298)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar (Mahajanga) Torquatisphinctes betsibokensis (234356)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar P. major, Subplanites adeloides, P. robustus (234322)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8India P. granti (65879) P. linguiferus (65888)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian152.1 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) P. bathyplocus (2546 2570) P. bathyplocus, P. major (2571) P. bathyplocus, P. major, P. mahokondobeyrichi (2544) P. major (2617) P. sp. (2543) P. sp., P. bathyplocus, P. major (2569) P. sp., P. major (2572)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Cuba P. sp. (57191 57719)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Antarctica P. linguiferous (76463)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) P. major (13414)