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Perisphinctes pottingeri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites pottingeri was named by Sowerby (1840). It is not extant. It is the type species of Katroliceras.

It was recombined as Perisphinctes pottingeri by Waagen (1875); it was recombined as Katroliceras pottingeri by Howarth (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. africanus, P. andium, P. mairei-matheyi, P. malinowskae, P. panderi, P. polygyratus, P. praestenocyclus, P. progeron, P. quadratus, P. scythicus, P. siemiradzkii, P. eucostatus, P. quadratus, P. pickeringius, P. buckmani, P. buckmanni, P. luciaeformis, P. crassissimus, P. A, P. B, P. anguiculus, P. patturatensis, P. siemirazkii, P. roedereri, P. alatus, P. andelotensis, P. densecostatus, P. pumilus, P. dorsoplanus, P. dacquei, P. polygyratus

Synonyms

Katroliceras pottingeri analavelonensis was named by Collignon (1959). It is not extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Katroliceras pottingeri by Verma and Westermann (1984).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Ammonites pottingeri Sowerby p. 182 figs. Pl. LI, Fig. 1a, b
1875	Perisphinctes pottingeri Waagen p. 183
1959	Katroliceras pottingeri analavelonensis Collignon pp. Pl CX fig. 457
1998	Katroliceras pottingeri Howarth p. 47

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Perisphinctinae	Steinmann 1890
genus	Perisphinctes	()
species	pottingeri	(Sowerby 1840)

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.

†Perisphinctes pottingeri Sowerby 1840

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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: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	India	Perisphinctes pottingeri (234313)