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Protexanites (Protexanites) bontanti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Mortoniceras bontanti was named by de Grossouvre (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carrières de la Ribochère, Couture (MNHN collection, zone B), which is in a Coniacian carbonate grainstone in the Craie de Villedieu Formation of France.

It was recombined as Protexanites (Protexanites) bontanti by Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bourgoisi, P. fukazawai, P. peroni, P. planatus, P. shoshonensis, P. planatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Mortoniceras bontanti de Grossouvre p. 77 figs. Pl 17, fig 2; text-fig 23
1984Protexanites (Protexanites) bontanti Kennedy p. 112 figs. Pl 25, figs 1-4; text-fig 36A
1995Protexanites (Protexanites) bontanti Kennedy p. 418 figs. Pl 21, figs 1,4,5,10,11,16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusProtexanitesMatsumoto 1955
subgenusProtexanitesMatsumoto 1955
speciesbontanti(de Grossouvre 1894)

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
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: Late/Upper Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Mortoniceras bontanti (179066) Protexanites bontanti (179061 179220 179734)