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Properisphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Properisphinctes is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Perisphinctinae by Arkell et al. (1957) and Schlegelmilch (1994); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Properisphinctes Arkell et al. p. L320
1994Properisphinctes Schlegelmilch p. 57
2002Properisphinctes 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
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusProperisphinctes

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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Properisphinctes bernensis de Loriol 1898
Properisphinctes gresslei de Loriol 1896
Properisphinctes neglectus de Loriol 1902
Properisphinctes sorlinensis de Loriol 1902
Properisphinctes thurmanni de Loriol 1901
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: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India P. bernensis (68647) P. virguloides, P. bernensis (68644)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France P. latilinguatus (60440 60441)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar P. noetlingi, P. bernensis (98125)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar P. bernensis (98187)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Perisphinctes bernensis (62303)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Perisphinctes bernensis (12267)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar Prososphinctes bernensis (234136)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Perisphinctes bernensis (12268)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) P. bernensis (234238)