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Perisphinctes gallarum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Perisphinctes gallarum was named by Dacque (1905). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Atschabo, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. africanus, P. andium, P. mairei-matheyi, P. malinowskae, P. panderi, P. polygyratus, P. praestenocyclus, P. progeron, P. quadratus, P. scythicus, P. siemiradzkii, P. eucostatus, P. quadratus, P. pickeringius, P. buckmani, P. buckmanni, P. luciaeformis, P. crassissimus, P. A, P. B, P. anguiculus, P. patturatensis, P. siemirazkii, P. roedereri, P. alatus, P. andelotensis, P. densecostatus, P. pumilus, P. dorsoplanus, P. dacquei, P. polygyratus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Perisphinctes gallarum Dacque

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Perisphinctinae	Steinmann 1890
genus	Perisphinctes	()
species	gallarum

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.

†Perisphinctes gallarum Dacque 1905

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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 150.8	Ethiopia	Perisphinctes gallarum (93501)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Ethiopia	Perisphinctes gallarum (type locality: 94585)