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Paraulacosphinctes senex

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites senex was named by Oppel (1868). It is the type species of Paraulacosphinctes.

It was recombined as Paraulacosphinctes senex by Vašíček and Skupien (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Ammonites senex Oppel p. 113 figs. Pl 23, figs 3a-b
2016Paraulacosphinctes senex Vašíček and Skupien p. 19 figs. 5A-C, 6A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyParaulacosphinctinaeTavera 1985
genusParaulacosphinctesSchindewolf 1925
speciessenex(Oppel 1868)

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 height193.0
shell diameter1318.0
shell inflation1147.0

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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Paraulacosphinctes senex (177620)