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Pseudodiscosphinctes geron

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes geron was named by Zittel (1870).

It was recombined as Pseudodiscosphinctes geron by Zeiss et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Perisphinctes geron Zittel
1994Pseudodiscosphinctes geron Zeiss et al. p. 371 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4; pl 4, fig 5; pl 5, fig 2

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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
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
genusPseudodiscosphinctesOloriz 1978
speciesgeron(Zittel 1870)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height438.530.053.038.011.6
shell diameter4109.784.0142.0112.028.8
shell inflation442.632.049.046.08.02

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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Pseudodiscosphinctes geron (184797 184800 184802 184803 184806)