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Pulchelliaceae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Taxonomy
Pulchelliaceae was named by Douvillé (1890).

It was assigned to Ammonitina by Wright et al. (1996).

Subtaxa
Pulchelliidae
Sister taxa
Pulchelliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Pulchelliaceae Douvillé
1996Pulchelliaceae Wright et al. p. 111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPulchelliaceaeDouvillé 1890
superfamilyPulchelliaceaeDouvillé 1890

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.

Superfm. †Pulchelliaceae Douvillé 1890
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Fm. †Pulchelliidae Hyatt 1903
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G. †Coronites
G. †Discoidellia Vermeulen 1995
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†Discoidellia pseudobertrandi Cecca et al. 1998
†Discoidellia vermeuleni Cecca et al. 1998
G. †Lopholobites Hyatt 1900
G. †Nicklesia Hyatt 1903
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†Nicklesia dumasiana d'Orbigny 1840
†Nicklesia pulchella d'Orbigny 1841
G. †Psilopulchellia Hyatt 1903
G. †Psilotissotia Hyatt 1900
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Subg. †Psilotissotia (Buergliceras) Etayo Serna 1968
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Subfm. †Psilotissotiinae Vermuelen 1995
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G. †Kotetishvilia Vermeulen 1997
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†Kotetishvilia sauvageaui Hermite 1879
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†Heinzia caicedi Karsten 1856
†Pulchellia chalmasi Nicklès 1890
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Invalid names: Lopholobites cotteaui Nicklès 1894 [synonym]
Subfm. †Pulchelliinae Douville 1890
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G. †Gerhardtia Hyatt 1903
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†Gerhardia sartousiana d'Orbigny 1841
†Gerhardtia provincialis d'Orbigny 1850
†Gerhardtia ultima Bert and Bersac 2024
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 145.06000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (173 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Spain (Valencia) Nicklesia moltoi, Subpulchellia oehlerti, Subpulchellia fouquei, Kotetishvilia nicklesi, Discoidellia favrei, Psilotissotia chalmasi, Nicklesia pulchella (233873)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Psilotissotia sp., Psilotissotia bertrandi, Psilotissotia reigi, Psilotissotia favrei (50799)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) Nicklesia pulchella (56780)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Morocco Kotetishvilia compressissima (82163)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Discoidellia vermeuleni (168446 168447 168450) Psilotissotia apenninica, Psilotissotia favrei, Discoidellia pseudobertrandi, Discoidellia vermeuleni (168437) Psilotissotia apenninica, Psilotissotia reigi, Psilotissotia favrei, Discoidellia pseudobertrandi (168442) Psilotissotia favrei (65609) Psilotissotia sp., Psilotissotia apenninica, Discoidellia pseudobertrandi, Discoidellia vermeuleni (168444) Psilotissotia sp., Psilotissotia apenninica, Psilotissotia favrei, Discoidellia pseudobertrandi (168440) Psilotissotia sp., Psilotissotia apenninica, Psilotissotia reigi, Discoidellia pseudobertrandi, Discoidellia vermeuleni (168438) Psilotissotia sp., Psilotissotia apenninica, Psilotissotia reigi, Psilotissotia favrei, Discoidellia pseudobertrandi, Discoidellia vermeuleni (168439)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Hungary Discoidellia favrei, Discoidellia couratieri (61566)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Discoidellia couratieri (61522) Discoidellia favrei (61529 61531 61541) Discoidellia vermeuleni (61527 61535 61536 61538)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia Discoidellia couratieri (205694 205697) Discoidellia favrei (205713) Discoidellia sp. (205701)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Colombia Pulchellia sp., Nicklesia dumasiana (83874)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Granada) Coronites hoplitiformis, Heinzia provincialis, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2300) Heinzia heinzi (2284 2286) Heinzia heinzi, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2292) Heinzia provincialis (2297) Heinzia provincialis, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2293) Subpulchellia brevicostata (2294 2298) Subpulchellia brevicostata, Subpulchellia changarnieri (2289 2290)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Coronites darsi (82177) Heinzia caicedi (82178) Heinzia pallinii, Kotetishvilia sauvageaui (82195 82196) Heinzia provincialis (82197) Kotetishvilia changarnieri (82179) Kotetishvilia compressissima (82156 82157 82173 82174 82175) Nicklesia pulchella (82159 82160 82161 82170 82171)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Austria (Ternberg) Pulchellia sp. (50789 50792)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Trinidad and Tobago Nicklesia sp., Pulchellia sp. (68921) Pulchellia galeatoides, Pulchellia sp. (68922)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco (Western High Atlas) Pulchellia riedeli, Pulchellia didayi (2067)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence) Heinzia sp., Nicklesia dumasi (56783) Heinzia sp., Pulchellia sceleyi (56058) Nicklesia didayi, Pulchellia nicklesi, Pulchellia compressissima, Subpulchellia castellanensis, Nicklesia pulchella (56782) Pulchellia compressissima (56057) Pulchellia compressissima, Subpulchellia castellanensis, Nicklesia pulchella (56065) Pulchellia sp. (56066)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Jaen) Psilotissotia favrei (2266 2267 2273 2274)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia Buergliceras buerglii (69061 72029) Heinzia galeatoides, Heinzia provincialis, Heinzia lindigii, Psilotissotia maxima, Pulchellia pseudokarsteni, Pulchellia communis, Pulchellia elegans, Pulchellia robusta, Pulchellia fasciata, Pulchellia multicostata, Pulchellia radians, Pulchellia caicedi, Pulchellia royoi, Pulchellia hettneri (97674) Nicklesia dumasiana (83891)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Austria Pulchellia sp. (169049)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Carstenia lindigii (2315) Carstenia lindigii, Coronites hoplitiformis, Heinzia provincialis (2323) Carstenia lindigii, Coronites hoplitiformis, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2334) Coronites hoplitiformis, Heinzia provincialis, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2324) Coronites hoplitiformis, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2335) Heinzia heinzi, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2311 2312) Heinzia provincialis (2336) Heinzia provincialis, Subpulchellia brevicostata (2322 2325 2329 2333) Nicklesia pulchella (2362 2363) Psilotissotia favrei (2337 2348) Subpulchellia brevicostata (2305 2319 2321 2326 2327) Subpulchellia brevicostata, Subpulchellia compressissima (2377) Subpulchellia compressissima (2304 2308 2367 2368 2369 2370 2372 2376) Subpulchellia nicklesi (2354 2356 2360) Subpulchellia nicklesi, Subpulchellia oehlerti (2358) Subpulchellia oehlerti (2355 2357) Subpulchellia oehlerti, Nicklesia pulchella (2359 2361)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Coronites coronatoides (50807) Coronites hoplitiformis, Heinzia provincialis (50808) Heinzia lindigi (50806) Heinzia provincialis (50805) Heinzia sartousi, Heinzia ouachensis (50811) Subpulchellia compressissima (50803)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia Pulchellia sp., Subpulchellia brevicostata, Subpulchellia plana (2115)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Tunisia Discoidellia sp. (205717)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico Nicklesia sp. (60779) Nicklesia sp., Subpulchellia sp. (60777 60781) Psilotissotia sp. (60776) Subpulchellia sp. (60778 60780)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Czechia Kotetishvilia compressissima (69129)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia Nicklesia colombiana, Nicklesia alicantensis, Nicklesia lenticulata, Psilotissotia maxima (97673)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Heinzia caicedi (82324 240075) Kotetishvilia changarnieri, Gerhardia sartousiana (240072) Kotetishvilia compressissima (82320 82323) Kotetishvilia compressissima, Kotetishvilia didyayana (82306 82321) Kotetishvilia didyayana (82322) Kotetishvilia nicklesi (82304 82317 82318) Kotetishvilia nicklesi, Nicklesia pulchella (82319) Nicklesia pulchella (82305 240074)
Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico Pulchellia sp., Subpulchellia sp., Gerhardtia sp. (60782)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4USA (California) Pulchellia popenoei (216300)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Pulchellia favrei (71828)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Gerhardtia provincialis (230963 230964 230965 230966 230967 230968) Gerhardtia sartousiana (230953 230961 230962) Gerhardtia ultima (236206 236207 236208 236209 236210)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia (Boyacá) Gerhardtia galeatoides (172898)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia (Boyaca) Heinzia sp. (55502)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Heinzia provincialis, Kotetishvilia brevicostata (82311) Kotetishvilia sauvageaui, Gerhardia sartousiana (240070 240076)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico Pulchellia sp., Gerhardtia sp. (60783 60784 60785 60786 60787 60788 60789 60790 60791)