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Prososphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Prososphinctes was named as a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Prososphinctinae.

It was reranked as Perisphinctes (Prososphinctes) by Parent (2006).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Perisphinctes by Parent (2006); and to Prososphinctinae by Głowniak (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Prososphinctes Sepkoski
2006Perisphinctes (Prososphinctes) Parent p. 38
2012Prososphinctes Głowniak p. 131

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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
subfamilyPrososphinctinae
genusPrososphinctes

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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†Prososphinctes bourseaui Melendez 1989
†Prososphinctes consociatus Bukowski 1887
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Invalid names: Perisphinctes mazuricus Bukowski 1887 [synonym], Prososphinctes hughesi Brochwicz-Lewinski 1981 [synonym], Prososphinctes sequeirosi Brochwicz-Lewinski 1981 [synonym]
†Prososphinctes michalskii Bukowski 1887
†Prososphinctes polelum Głowniak 2012
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 (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) Perisphinctes mazuricus (136305)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain P. mairei, P. claromontanus (142571)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar P. hirtzi (98190) P. hirtzi, P. sagitta (98191) P. sagitta (98213)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Perisphinctes mazuricus, Perisphinctes consociatus, Perisphinctes claromontanus, Perisphinctes michalskii (229599) P. claromontanus (229591 229592 229594 229597 229598) P. claromontanus, P. consociatus (229593 229595) P. claromontanus, P. polelum (229596) P. consociatus (229600 229601 229602 229603 229604 229605 229606) P. consociatus, P. polelum (229607) P. polelum (229609 229610) P. sp. B (229612) P. sp. B, P. polelum (229608) P. sp. C (229613) P. sp. nov. A (229611)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar P. mazuricus, P. claromontanus (98137) P. mazuricus, P. claromontanus, P. trapezoidalis (234136)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Mendoza) Perisphinctes mazuricus (136699)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) P. hirtzi (234262) P. sagitta (234238)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland P. bourseaui (229590)