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Discosphinctes choffati

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Discosphinctes choffati was named by Collignon (1959). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UBGD.010379. Its type locality is Colline de la Cluse du Sikily (Manera), which is in a Kimmeridgian marine marl in Madagascar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. schilli, D. secretanae, Lithacoceras aeneas, Lithacoceras jelskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Discosphinctes choffati Collignon pp. Pl. C fig. 379

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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
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusDiscosphinctes()
specieschoffati

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.

†Discosphinctes choffati Collignon 1959
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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: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar Discosphinctes choffati (type locality: 234268)