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Vinalesphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Vinalesphinctes is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Vinalesphinctinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vinalesphinctinae by Parent and Garrido (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Vinalesphinctes Sepkoski
2015Vinalesphinctes Parent and Garrido p. 180

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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
subfamilyVinalesphinctinaeMelendez and Myczynski 1987
genusVinalesphinctes

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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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: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) V. n. sp. A (165740 171548)