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Euphylloceras thetys

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites thetys was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phylloceras thetys by Sayn (1901), Murphy (1975); it was recombined as Phylloceras tethys by Pervinquière (1907); it was recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) thetys by Wiedmann (1979); it was recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) tethys by Reboulet (1996); it was recombined as Euphylloceras thetys by Murphy and Rodda (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites morelianus d'Orbigny
1841Ammonites thetys d'Orbigny figs. pl. 53 f. 7-9
1860Ammonites moussoni Ooster
1901Phylloceras thetys Sayn p. 6 figs. pl. I f. 3-5
1907Phylloceras tethys Pervinquière pp. 50 - 51
1962Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) moreli Collignon p. 1 figs. Pl 215, fig 939
1975Phylloceras thetys Murphy p. 14 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 3; text figs. 5 and 6
1979Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) thetys Wiedmann p. 284
1996Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) tethys Reboulet p. 181 figs. Pl 35, figs 9-13
2006Euphylloceras thetys Murphy and Rodda pp. 28 - 30 figs. Plate 1, Figures. 5-8; ?Plate 1, Figure 4; ?Plate 9, Figure 13; Text-figure 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusEuphylloceras
speciesthetys(d'Orbigny 1841)

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.

Euphylloceras thetys d'Orbigny 1841
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Invalid names: Ammonites morelianus d'Orbigny 1841 [synonym], Ammonites moussoni Ooster 1860 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 137.05000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (196 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Phylloceras tethys (111308)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Phylloceras tethys (201052 202411 202415 202417 202877 202882 202884 202886 202890 202894 202978 202979)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Austria Phylloceras thetys (69113)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Phylloceras tethys (86377 86378 86379 86380 86381 86382 86383 86384)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Phylloceras tethys (202428 202430 202435 202502 202503 202505 202506 202509 202510 202511 202512 202513 202515 202518 202520 202524 202525 202526 202534 202536 202539 202542 202544 202545 202546 202547 202548 202551 202552 202553 202555 202556 202557 202558 202559 202560 202561 202562 202563 202564 202565 202566 202567 202568 202569 202570 202571 202572 202573 202687 202693 202694 202695 202696 202698 202763 202772 202785 202787 202789 202791 202792 202794 202795 202796 202801 202803 202807 202815 202819 202820 202821 202825 202827 202832 202851 202980 202981 202982 202983 202985)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Tunisia Phylloceras tethys (205367 205371 205375)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Italy Phylloceras tethys (65589)
Early/Lower Valanginian - Early/Lower Aptian137.05 - 119.57Italy Phylloceras thetys (160725)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia Phylloceras tethys (205404 205405 205407 205689)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Phylloceras tethys (202574 202575 202578 202579 202580 202581 202582 202583 202584 202586 202590 202591 202592 202594 202596 202597 202598 202600 202601 202602 202604 202605 202606 202609 202610 202612 202613 202614 202616 202617 202618 202620 202621 202624 202650 202652 202656 202661 202662 202666 202668 202670 202671 202673 202674 202675 202676 202678 202679 202680 202681 202682 202683 220948 220951 220952 220953 220966)
Early/Lower Hauterivian - Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia Phylloceras tethys (205693)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Hypophylloceras tethys (50799)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Phylloceras tethys (65740)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Phylloceras thetys (61525 61526 61527 61529 61531 61534 61535 61536 61538 61539 61541)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia Phylloceras tethys (205701 205702 205703 205715)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Hungary Phylloceras tethys (61566 86355 86359)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Western Sahara Phylloceras thetys (82500)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Phylloceras thetys (71828)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Madagascar Phylloceras moreli (83999)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy Phylloceras thetys (12838)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Phylloceras diegoi (64564)