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Peroniceras (Zuluiceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Sornayceras Matsumoto p. 226
1965Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) van Hoepen p. 23
1984Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) Kennedy p. 80
1984Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) Klinger and Kennedy p. 180
1995Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) Kennedy p. 417
2002Sornayceras Sepkoski
2002Zuluiceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyPeroniceratinae()
genusPeronicerasde Grossouvre 1894
subgenusZuluicerasvan Hoepen 1965

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.

Subg. †Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) van Hoepen 1965
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Invalid names: Ammonites aberlei Redtenbacher 1873 [synonym], Sornayceras omorii Matsumoto 1965 [synonym]
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) matsumotoi Klinger and Kennedy 1984
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) rarum van Hoepen 1965
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) zulu van Hoepen 1965
Invalid names: Sornayceras Matsumoto 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3346.211.4125.052.027.6
shell diameter33128.931.7345.0145.073.9
shell inflation3350.312.0146.053.032.6

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: base of the Early/Lower Coniacian to the top of the Coniacian or 89.30000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain Sornayceras aberlei, Sornayceras bajuvaricum, Sornayceras sp. (66964)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Peroniceras bajuvaricum (178946 179008)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Venezuela (Trujillo) Gauthiericeras bajuvaricum (88352)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France Peroniceras isamberti (179222)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa Peroniceras modestum (82447) Peroniceras rarum (82448)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa Peroniceras aberlei, Peroniceras bajuvaricum (82440) Peroniceras bajuvaricum (82443) Peroniceras matsumotoi (82441) Peroniceras zulu, Peroniceras rarum, Peroniceras modestum, Peroniceras henniei, Peroniceras undulatocarinatum (82442)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France Ammonites isamberti (178987) Peroniceras bajuvaricum (178995 178997 179006 179007 179009 179720) Peroniceras isamberti (179124 179721) Peroniceras sp. (178985 179722)