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Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) umbilicatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) umbilicatus was named by Galacz (2012). Its type specimen is Eotvos University A1042, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. cliffensis, L. evolutus, L. meseres

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) umbilicatus Galacz p. 291 figs. 6.5-6.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyLeptosphinctinaeArkell 1950
genusLeptosphinctes
subgenusCleistosphinctes
speciesumbilicatus

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.678.5011.09.751.77
shell diameter234.530.539.034.86.01
shell inflation218.917.021.019.02.83

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: Late/Upper Bajocian or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Hungary Leptosphinctes umbilicatus (151904)