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Peroniceras (Peroniceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy

Peroniceras (Peroniceras) was named by de Grossouvre (1894).

It was assigned to Peroniceras by Kennedy (1984), Klinger and Kennedy (1984), Kennedy and Christensen (1991), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy et al. (2007).

Subtaxa

Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) subtricarinatum (syn. Ammonites tricarinatus), Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum (syn. Peroniceras moureti, Peroniceras rousseauxi), Peroniceras (Peroniceras) westphalicum

Species lacking formal opinion data

Peroniceras czornigi, Peroniceras lepeei, Peroniceras stallauensis, Peroniceras subtricarinatun, Peroniceras tricarinatum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Peroniceras (Peroniceras) de Grossouvre
1984	Peroniceras (Peroniceras) Kennedy p. 62
1984	Peroniceras (Peroniceras) Klinger and Kennedy p. 138
1991	Peroniceras (Peroniceras) Kennedy and Christensen p. 210
1995	Peroniceras (Peroniceras) Kennedy p. 415
2007	Peroniceras (Peroniceras) Kennedy et al. p. 524

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Collignoniceratidae	Wright and Wright 1951
subfamily	Peroniceratinae	()
genus	Peroniceras	de Grossouvre 1894
subgenus	Peroniceras	de Grossouvre 1894

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 (Peroniceras) de Grossouvre 1894

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†Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum Kossmat 1895

†Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei Fallot 1885

†Peroniceras (Peroniceras) subtricarinatum d'Orbigny 1850

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Invalid names: Ammonites tricarinatus d'Orbigny 1841 [replaced]

†Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum Schlüter 1867

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Invalid names: Peroniceras moureti de Groussouvre 1894 [synonym], Peroniceras rousseauxi de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym]

†Peroniceras (Peroniceras) westphalicum von Strombeck 1859

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	34	23.4	9.00	56.0	23.6	10.8
shell diameter	34	84.1	31.0	195.0	80.5	43.2
shell inflation	34	42.6	16.0	113.0	39.0	24.9

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 Early/Lower Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (45 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian	93.9 - 85.7	Mexico (Coahuila)	Peroniceras tridorsatum (92293)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	France	Peroniceras subtricarinatum (3735) Peroniceras tridorsatum (178946)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Denmark	Peroniceras tridorsatum (70001)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Gabon	Peroniceras dravidicum (209614)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Cameroon	Peroniceras dravidicum (209681)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Nigeria	Peroniceras westphalicum (82791)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Mexico (Chihuahua)	Peroniceras subtricarinatum (88227)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Mexico (Coahuila)	Peroniceras tridorsatum (210315)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	France	Peroniceras lepeei (178988)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	France	Ammonites tricarinatus (178989) Peroniceras dravidicum (178995 178996 178997) Peroniceras lepeei (179719) Peroniceras moureti (178947 178981 178983) Peroniceras rousseauxi (178982) Peroniceras sp. (178998) Peroniceras subtricarinatum (69891 178991 178992) Peroniceras subtricarinatum, Peroniceras westphalicum (179123) Peroniceras tridorsatum (69887 69888 178984 179716 179717) Peroniceras tridorsatum, Ammonites lepeei (178987) Peroniceras tridorsatum, Peroniceras lepeei, Peroniceras westphalicum (178985) Peroniceras westphalicum (69892 178993 178994 179124)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	South Africa	Peroniceras dravidicum (82445) Peroniceras subtricarinatum, Peroniceras westphalicum, Peroniceras dravidicum (82444) Peroniceras tridorsatum (82441 82442) Peroniceras tridorsatum, Peroniceras lepeei, Peroniceras subtricarinatum, Peroniceras dravidicum (82443) Peroniceras tridorsatum, Peroniceras lepeei, Peroniceras westphalicum, Peroniceras dravidicum (82440)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	India (Tamil Nadu)	Peroniceras dravidicum (46503)
Middle Coniacian - Late/Upper Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	France	Peroniceras tridorsatum (69886)
Middle Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	France	Peroniceras tridorsatum (69861)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Antarctica	Peroniceras sp. (83336)