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Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) nerunaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Pachyplanulites nerunaensis Spath p. 430 figs. Pl. 96, fig. 5.
2012Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) nerunaensis Pandey et al. p. 491

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusPerisphinctes()
subgenusKranaosphinctes
speciesnerunaensis(Spath 1931)

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
D.K. Pandey et al. 2012Shells small to moderately large, incomplete, septate till end, evolute, inner whorls depressed, outer whorls becoming less depressed. Whorl section subquadrangular, lanks slightly convex (inner whorls) to lat, merging into slightly arched venter (Fig. 9A-F). Umbilical wall indistinct. Ornamentation consists of very gradually varicostate, moderately coarse, sharp, and moderately spaced primary ribs, originating near the umbilical suture with rursiradiate orientation then turn prorsiradiate near the umbilical margin. Primaries branch regularly into two iner secondaries at the ventrolateral shoulder and cross the venter with slight forward-directed convexity (Fig. 9H, I). Ribbing density is moderate, increasing during growth before a plateau is reached at a diameter of 90 mm with about 49 ribs per whorl (Fig. 10). Venter smooth on outer whorl. Constrictions deep, slightly inclined, numbering at least two per whorl.
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: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Perisphinctes nerunaensis (68644)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Pachyplanulites nerunaensis (98213)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Kranaosphinctes nerunaensis (234238)