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Choffatia jupiter

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Perisphinctes jupiter was named by Steinmann (1881).

It was recombined as Choffatia jupiter by Parent (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. aequalis, C. aurita, C. cardoti, C. cobra, C. euryptycha, C. funata, C. funatus, C. gottschei, C. homaeomorpha, C. homaeomorpha, C. homoeomorpha, C. irregularis, C. lateralis, C. lenzi, C. leptonota, C. madani, C. naia, C. pannonica, C. perdagatus, C. recuperoi, C. sakuntala, C. subtilis, C. transitoria, C. vicenti, C. waageni, C. dumortieri, C. homoeomorpha, C. recuperoi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1881	Perisphinctes jupiter Steinmann p. 277 figs. Pl 9, fig 6
1998	Choffatia jupiter Parent p. 83 figs. 8A-E, 9

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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	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Pseudoperisphinctinae	Schindewolf 1925
genus	Choffatia	()
species	jupiter	(Steinmann 1881)

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.

†Choffatia jupiter Steinmann 1881

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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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Argentina (Neuquén)	Choffatia jupiter (235861)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Argentina (Neuquen)	Choffatia jupiter (4881 158978)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Argentina (Nequen)	Choffatia jupiter (4883)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Argentina (Neuquen)	Choffatia jupiter (158983)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Chile (Antofagasta)	Perisphinctes jupiter (172173)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Chile (Antofagasta)	Perisphinctes jupiter (172174)