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Pterolytoceras exoticus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites exoticus was named by Oppel (1863). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lytoceras exoticum by Uhlig (1903); it was recombined as Pterolytoceras exoticum by Helmstaedt (1969); it was recombined as Pterolytoceras exoticus by Wright et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sikilyense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites exoticus Oppel
1903Lytoceras exoticum Uhlig
1969Pterolytoceras exoticum Helmstaedt p. 72
1996Pterolytoceras exoticus Wright et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusPterolytocerasSuess 1865
speciesexoticus(Oppel 1863)

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
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 Late/Upper Valanginian or 150.80000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0China Pterolytoceras exoticum (64830)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0India Pterolytoceras exoticum (65882 65891)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Nepal Pterolytoceras exoticum (142312)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Madagascar Pterolytoceras exoticum (234351)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Chile Pterolytoceras exoticum (151658)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Lytoceras exoticum (83716)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Lytoceras exoticum (83715)