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Pachysphinctes bathyplocus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes bathyplocus was named by Waagen (1875). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kachchh Katrol Group, which is in a Kimmeridgian offshore siltstone in the Katrol Formation of India.

It was recombined as Pachysphinctes bathyplocus by Howarth and Morris (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. grandti, P. hirtzi, P. linguiferous

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Perisphinctes bathyplocus Waagen pp. Pl. 50 fig. 1
1959Pachysphinctes marellei Collignon pp. Pl. CXVII fig. 444
1959Pachysphinctes trichordis Collignon pp. Pl. CXVII fig. 445
1998Pachysphinctes bathyplocus Howarth and Morris p. 51

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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
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusPachysphinctesDietrich
speciesbathyplocus()

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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Invalid names: Pachysphinctes marellei Collignon 1959 [synonym], Pachysphinctes trichordis Collignon 1959 [synonym]
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: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar Pachysphinctes bathyplocus (98162 98163)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8India Perisphinctes bathyplocus (234313)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar Pachysphinctes bathyplocus (234281) Pachysphinctes granti (234302) Pachysphinctes trichordis, Pachysphinctes marellei (234298)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian152.1 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Pachysphinctes bathyplocus (2544 2546 2569 2570 2571)