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Paramammites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paramammites was named by Furon (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-l].

It was reranked as Vascoceras (Paramammites) by Faraud (1940).

It was assigned to Vascoceras by Faraud (1940); to Vascoceratidae by Reyment (1954) and Chancellor (1982); to Vascoceratinae by Meister (1989) and Kennedy and Simmons (1991); to Euomphaloceratinae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Paramammites Furon
1940Vascoceras (Paramammites) Faraud p. 54
1954Paramammites Reyment p. 236
1982Paramammites Chancellor p. 112
1989Paramammites Meister p. 30
1991Paramammites Kennedy and Simmons p. 141
1996Paramammites Wright et al. p. 171
2002Paramammites 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)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusParamammitesFuron 1935

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.

G. †Paramammites Furon 1935
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†Paramammites melleguensis Dubordieu 1953
†Paramammites polymorphum Pervinquiére 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height155.0
shell diameter1170.0
shell inflation155.0

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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria P. sp. (175526)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France P. polymorphum, P. furoni (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Romania P. polymorphum (73511 73516)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela (Trujillo) P. polymorphus (88076)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria P. polymorphus (69503 175524)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela P. polymorphus (88078)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USSR P. darauticus, P. latiumbilicatus, P. ferganicus, P. supracyclus (3801)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Gard) Vascoceras furoni (170945 170946)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia P. polymorphus (88843 88854)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Oman P. sp. (82360)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) P. mohovanensis (200337) P. sp. (200334)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USSR P. ferganicus, P. kysylbulakensis (3808)