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Catutosphinctes americanensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachysphinctes americanensis was named by Leanza (1980).

It was recombined as Catutosphinctes americanensis by Salazar and Stinnesbeck (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pachysphinctes americanensis Leanza
2016Catutosphinctes americanensis Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 161 fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyTorquatisphinctinaeTavera 1985
genusCatutosphinctesLeanza and Zeiss 1992
speciesamericanensis(Leanza 1980)

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height138.0
shell diameter1145.2
shell inflation165.4

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: Middle Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Chile Catutosphinctes americanensis (175933)