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Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) tenuis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) tenuis was named by Enay (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haut Jura, which is in an Oxfordian marine limestone in France.

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
1966	Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) tenuis Enay
1973	Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) tenuis Brochwicz-Lewinski figs. Pl 22, figs 1,2

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

Rank	Name	Author
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Perisphinctinae	Steinmann 1890
genus	Perisphinctes	()
subgenus	Arisphinctes	(Buckman 1924)
species	tenuis	Enay 1966

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 (Arisphinctes) tenuis Enay 1966

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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: Middle Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Poland	Perisphinctes tenuis (190188)
Middle Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	France	Perisphinctes tenuis (type locality: 12288)