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Obtusicostites ankoboensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Obtusicostites ankoboensis was named by Collignon (1958). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UBGD.010132. Its type locality is Ankoba, which is in a Callovian marine marl/limestone in Madagascar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. debi, O. retrosicostatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Obtusicostites ankoboensis Collignon pp. Pl. XXIX fig. 132

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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
subfamilySivajiceratinae
genusObtusicostites
speciesankoboensis

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.

†Obtusicostites ankoboensis Collignon 1958
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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: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Boeny) Obtusicostites ankoboensis (type locality: 234115)