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Amoeboceras (Amoebites)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Amoebites was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Amoeboceras (Amoebites) by Imlay (1961), Mesezhnikov (1984), Schlegelmilch (1994).

It was assigned to Cardioceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Amoeboceras by Imlay (1961), Mesezhnikov (1984), Schlegelmilch (1994); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Amoeboceras (Amoebites) alticarinatum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) bauhini, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) dubium, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) elegans, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini (syn. Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare, Amoebites acanthophorus), Amoeboceras (Amoebites) lineatum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) pinguiforme, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) postacanthophorum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) pulchrum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) quadratolineatum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) salfeldi, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) spathi, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) subkitchini
Species lacking formal opinion data
Amoebites bayi, Amoebites ernesti, Amoebites kapffi, Amoebites peregrinator, Amoeboceras alternoides, Amoeboceras cricki, Amoeboceras damoni, Amoeboceras freboldi, Amoeboceras gerassimovi, Amoeboceras glosense, Amoeboceras ilovaiskii, Amoeboceras kitschini, Amoeboceras kochi, Amoeboceras koldeweyense, Amoeboceras leucum, Amoeboceras nathorsti, Amoeboceras pingueforme, Amoeboceras reclinatoalternans, Amoeboceras regulare, Amoeboceras schulginae, Amoeboceras serratum, Amoeboceras subtilicostatum, Amoeboceras talbejense, Amoeboceras transitorium, Amoeboceras truculentum, Amoeboceras tuberculatoaltemans, Amoeboceras tuberculatoalternans, Amoeboceras uralensis, Amoeboceras volgae, Cardioceras alternoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Amoebites Arkell et al. p. 306
1961Amoeboceras (Amoebites) Imlay pp. D-22
1984Amoeboceras (Amoebites) Mesezhnikov p. 84
1994Amoeboceras (Amoebites) Schlegelmilch p. 31
2002Amoebites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusAmoeboceras
subgenusAmoebites

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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†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) alticarinatum Mesezhnikov and Romm 1973
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Invalid names: Amoebites acanthophorus Buckman 1925 [synonym], Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare Spath 1935 [synonym]
†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi Sykes and Surlyk 1975
†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) pulchrum Mesezhnikov and Romm 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height516.68.0039.917.812.4
shell diameter545.724.0105.054.032.5
shell inflation514.37.0031.517.810.3

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Amoeboceras kitchini (212493)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21USA (California) Amoeboceras dubium (192834)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cardioceras kitchini (211832)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation Amoebites kitchini (190891 190892) Amoebites sp. (58845 58846 191019) Amoeboceras kitchini (58837 58840)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation (Siberia) Amoeboceras kitchini (58775) Amoeboceras kitchini, Amoeboceras spathi (58774)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Amoeboceras pinguiforme (164298) Amoeboceras salfeldi, Amoeboceras pulchrum, Amoeboceras spathi (163992) Amoeboceras salfeldi, Amoeboceras spathi (163993) Amoeboceras salfeldi, Amoeboceras subkitchini (163994) Amoeboceras spathi (164300) Amoeboceras subkitchini (163995) Amoeboceras subkitchini, Amoeboceras alticarinatum, Amoeboceras pulchrum (163996) Amoeboceras subkitchini, Amoeboceras kitchini (163997)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation Amoebites peregrinator, Amoebites kapffi, Amoebites sp. (191017) Amoebites sp. (191018)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Russian Federation Amoebites bayi (190560) Amoebites bayi, Amoebites ernesti (190538) Amoebites bayi, Amoebites sp. (190540)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Amoeboceras kitchini (212945 212976) Amoeboceras kitschini (212800) Amoeboceras salfeldi (212492) Amoeboceras sp., Amoeboceras elegans (212799) Cardioceras kitchini (212014 212015 212016 212017 212018 213103)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Amoeboceras elegans (164304) Amoeboceras kitchini (164301)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Komi) Amoeboceras postacanthophorum (164004)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Amoeboceras kitchini (58779) Amoeboceras postacanthophorum (164005) Amoeboceras uralensis, Amoeboceras kitchini (58780)