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Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites (Schloenbachia) lepeei was named by Fallot (1885) [DISTRIBUTION: Coniacian; western Europe, southern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Dieulefit (Soulier collection), which is in a Coniacian marine sandstone in the Grès Verts de Dieulefit Formation of France.

It was recombined as Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei by Kennedy (1984), Klinger and Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. subtricarinatun, P. tricarinatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Ammonites (Schloenbachia) lepeei Fallot p. 231 figs. pl. 1, fig. 2
1984Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei Kennedy p. 68 figs. Pl 11, figs 1,2; pl 12, figs 10,11; pl 14, figs 2,3; text-fig 20A
1984Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei Klinger and Kennedy p. 153
1995Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei Kennedy p. 416 figs. Pl 21, fig 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyPeroniceratinae()
genusPeronicerasde Grossouvre 1894
subgenusPeronicerasde Grossouvre 1894
specieslepeei(Fallot 1885)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.2
shell diameter152.0
shell inflation127.7

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: Middle Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Peroniceras lepeei (178988)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7South Africa Peroniceras lepeei (82440 82443)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Ammonites lepeei (178987) Peroniceras lepeei (178985 179719)