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Choicensisphinctes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625393	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625393
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	222200	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=222200

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ataxioceratidae : Choicensisphinctes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Ataxioceratidae : Choicensisphinctes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Ataxioceratidae	Buckman 1921
subfamily	Zapaliinae	Parent et al. 2017
genus	Choicensisphinctes	Leanza 1980

Scientific Name

Choicensisphinctes Leanza, 1980

Name Published In

Zitteliana 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Choicensisphinctes	genus	belongs to Lithacoceratinae	stated with evidence	Salazar and Stinnesbeck, 2016
Choicensisphinctes	genus	belongs to Zapaliinae	stated with evidence	Parent et al., 2017
Choicensisphinctes	genus	belongs to Zapaliinae	stated without evidence	Garrido et al., 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Choicensisphinctes burckhardti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Choicensisphinctes erinoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Choicensisphinctes platyconus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Choicensisphinctes striolatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Choicensisphinctes windhauseni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Perisphinctes erinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Reineckeia striolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1980	Choicensisphinctes Leanza
2016	Choicensisphinctes Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 160
2017	Choicensisphinctes Parent et al. p. 509
2018	Choicensisphinctes Garrido et al. p. 6

References

Kiessling W. (2009) Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database

Salazar C., Stinnesbeck W. (2016) Tithonian–Berriasian ammonites from the Baños del Flaco Formation, central Chile, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14, 149-182

Parent H., Schweigert G., et al (2017) Zapaliinae, a new subfamily of Tithonian–Berriasian ataxioceratid ammonites, PalZ 91, 507-517

Garrido A. C., Parent H., et al (2018) Tithonian stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the Vaca Muerta Formation in Mallín Quemado (Neuquén Basin, Argentina), with remarks on the Andean chronostratigraphy, Volumina Jurassica XVI 1, 1-26 doi:10.5604/01.3001.0012.0496

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Zitteliana 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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