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Planisphinctes pirkli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Planisphinctes pirkli was named by Mitta (2023). Its type specimen is PIN 5546/360, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern slope of Mount Dzhangura, locality 33, which is in a Parkinsoni marine siltstone in the Djangura Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Planisphinctes pirkli Mitta p. 312 figs. Pl 12, figs 3-5

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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
subfamilyLeptosphinctinaeArkell 1950
genusPlanisphinctes
speciespirkli

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.

Planisphinctes pirkli Mitta 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height412.311.013.012.80.946
shell diameter443.635.049.046.06.16
shell inflation421.517.024.023.03.30

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: Late/Upper Bajocian or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachaevo-Cherkessiya) Planisphinctes pirkli (235066)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation Planisphinctes pirkli (type locality: 230143)