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Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) barjonai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotissotia barjonai was named by Choffat (1898). Its type specimen is SGP 845 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moinho do Almoxarife, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in Portugal.

It was recombined as Choffaticeras barjonai by Hyatt (1903); it was recombined as Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) barjonai by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pseudotissotia barjonai Choffat
1903Choffaticeras barjonai Hyatt p. 37
2007Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) barjonai Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 474 figs. 7.5, 7.6, 9.1-9.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusChoffaticeras
subgenusLeoniceras(Douvillé 1912)
speciesbarjonai(Choffat 1898)

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 Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Portugal Pseudotissotia barjonai (186913)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Leoniceras barjonai (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Choffaticeras barjonai (186910 186911)