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Properisphinctes bernensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes bernensis was named by de Loriol (1898).

It was recombined as Prososphinctes bernensis by Collignon (1959); it was recombined as Properisphinctes bernensis by Schlegelmilch (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. latilinguatus, P. noetlingi, P. virguloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Perisphinctes bernensis de Loriol p. 76 figs. PI. V, fig. 18-23.
1959Prososphinctes bernensis Collignon p. XXXIV fig. 180
1994Properisphinctes bernensis Schlegelmilch p. 57 figs. Pl 17, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusProperisphinctes
speciesbernensis()

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.

†Properisphinctes bernensis de Loriol 1898
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Properisphinctes bernensis (98125)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India Properisphinctes bernensis (68644 68647)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Prososphinctes bernensis (234136)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Perisphinctes bernensis (62303)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Perisphinctes bernensis (12267)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Perisphinctes bernensis (12268)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Properisphinctes bernensis (98187)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Properisphinctes bernensis (234238)