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Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Kranaosphinctes was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) by Schlegelmilch (1994), Parent (2006), Parent et al. (2006), Matsukawa et al. (2008) and Sato and Yamada (2014).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Perisphinctes by Schlegelmilch (1994), Parent (2006), Parent et al. (2006), Matsukawa et al. (2008) and Sato and Yamada (2014).

Subtaxa
Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites), Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) berlieri, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) gigantoplex, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) irregularis, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) matsushimai, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) nerunaensis, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) pagri, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) promiscuus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Kranaosphinctes poissoni, Kranaosphinctes randrianarivonyi, Kranaosphinctes subbullingdonensis, Perisphinctes A, Perisphinctes B, Perisphinctes africanus, Perisphinctes alatus, Perisphinctes andelotensis, Perisphinctes andium, Perisphinctes anguiculus, Perisphinctes buckmani, Perisphinctes buckmanni, Perisphinctes crassissimus, Perisphinctes dacquei, Perisphinctes densecostatus, Perisphinctes dorsoplanus, Perisphinctes eucostatus, Perisphinctes luciaeformis, Perisphinctes mairei-matheyi, Perisphinctes malinowskae, Perisphinctes panderi, Perisphinctes patturatensis, Perisphinctes pickeringius, Perisphinctes polygyratus, Perisphinctes polygyratus, Perisphinctes praestenocyclus, Perisphinctes progeron, Perisphinctes pumilus, Perisphinctes quadratus, Perisphinctes quadratus, Perisphinctes roedereri, Perisphinctes scythicus, Perisphinctes siemiradzkii, Perisphinctes siemirazkii
Sister taxa
Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) Schlegelmilch p. 59
2002Kranaosphinctes Sepkoski
2006Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) Parent p. 37
2006Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) Parent et al. p. 310
2008Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) Matsukawa et al. p. 4
2014Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) Sato and Yamada p. 36

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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
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusPerisphinctes()
subgenusKranaosphinctes

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height426.817.536.029.29.23
shell diameter495.466.0125.0102.229.5
shell inflation449.135.364.051.513.7

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: base of the Early/Lower Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Perisphinctes nerunaensis, Perisphinctes irregularis (68644)
Late/Upper Callovian - Kimmeridgian164.7 - 152.1Russian Federation Pachyplanulites subevolutus (213017 213018)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Russian Federation Pachyplanulites subevolutus (213016)
Late/Upper Callovian - Tithonian164.7 - 145.0Russian Federation Pachyplanulites subevolutus (213019)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Kranaosphinctes behieri, Pachyplanulites randrianarivonyi, Pachyplanulites praeevolutus, Pachyplanulites nerunaensis, Kranaosphinctes roedereri, Kranaosphinctes poissoni (98213) Kranaosphinctes subbullingdonensis (98190) Pachyplanulites subevolutus (98177) Pachyplanulites subevolutus, Pachyplanulites rabei, Pachyplanulites irregularis (98192)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain Kranaosphinctes sp., Kranaosphinctes kranaus (142572) Perisphinctes sp. (67866)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Perisphinctes crassissimus (12287) Perisphinctes crassissimus, Perisphinctes prosmiscuus, Perisphinctes kranaus (12286) Perisphinctes sayni, Perisphinctes promiscuus (12285)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Perisphinctes promiscuus (235872)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Mendoza) Perisphinctes sp. (136711 136713)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Kranaosphinctes gyrus (234149) Kranaosphinctes irregularis (234266) Kranaosphinctes nerunaensis, Kranaosphinctes behieri, Kranaosphinctes poissoni, Kranaosphinctes randrianarivonyi, Kranaosphinctes praeevolutus (234238) Kranaosphinctes rabei (234264) Kranaosphinctes subbullingdonensis (234262)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) Perisphinctes promiscuus (135768)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Perisphinctes berlieri (12291 12982) Perisphinctes cyrilli (12288)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina Perisphinctes promiscuus (68161)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain Perisphinctes sp. A (142580)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Japan Perisphinctes matsushimai (182847 182856)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Perisphinctes sp. (62304)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8India (Gujarat) Perisphinctes pagri (234314)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar (Mahajanga) Pachyplanulites irregularis (234290)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar Pachyplanulites irregularis (234281)