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Phragmoceras

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Phragmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Phragmoceras was named by Broderip (1839). It is the type genus of Phragmoceratidae.

It was assigned to Phragmoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Miagkova (1967), Chen et al. (1981); and to Discosorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. munthei (syn. P. convolutum)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. parvum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Phragmoceras Broderip
1964Phragmoceras Teichert et al. p. 338
1967Phragmoceras Miagkova
1972Pseudophragmoceras Zhuravleva
1981Phragmoceras Chen et al. p. 85
2002Phragmoceras Sepkoski
2002Pseudophragmoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyPhragmoceratidaeMiller 1877
genusPhragmocerasBroderip 1839

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. †Phragmoceras Broderip 1839
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†Phragmoceras munthei Hedström 1917
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Invalid names: Phragmoceras convolutum Hedström 1917 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pseudophragmoceras Zhuravleva 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:38
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:48:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Pridoli or 438.60000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (206333)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Manitoba) P. parvum (26739)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Ohio) P. sp. (475)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Czechia (Praha) P. munthei (160023 160026)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Iowa) P. sp. (25015 26763)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Severnaya Zemlya) P. sp. (85024)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Ireland (Connacht) P. sp. (89151)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Czechia P. munthei (160028)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) P. costatum, P. convolutum (13674)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) P. nelsoni (26450) P. parvum (26718)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) P. inflexum (13597)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Italy (Sardinia) P. broderipi (26166)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (188800)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) P. sp. (26770)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Italy (Sardinia) P. sp. (26158)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Nei Mongol) P. sp. (27731)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62Italy (Sardinia) P. broderipi (26163)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) P. nestor, P. parvum, P. procerum (13107) P. parvum (13069) P. procerum (13104)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Italy (Sardinia) P. broderipi (26177)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) P. praecurvum, P. sp. (13603)
Gorstian - Ludfordian426.7 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) P. sp. (13617)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) P. sp., P. parvum (6706)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) P. sp. (491 493 542)