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Prorsisphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Prorsisphinctes is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Leptosphinctinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Perisphinctidae by Besnosov and Mitta (1993); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Phanerosphinctes Buckman
1957Prorsisphinctes Arkell et al. p. 313
1993Prorsisphinctes Besnosov and Mitta p. 124
2002Prorsisphinctes Sepkoski

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

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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Invalid names: Phanerosphinctes Buckman 1921 [synonym]
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 Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 170.30000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina Lobosphinctes intersertus (236382)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Germany P. sp. (62247 62249)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7Turkmenistan P. meseres (187880)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (234384)
Parkinsoni - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Russian Federation P. intersertus (187367 188457)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Oregon) P. spp. (234036)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Turkmenistan P. evolutoides, P. intersertus (188454)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation P. evolutoides (188434)