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Bouleiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bouleiceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Bouleiceras nitescens. It is the type genus of Bouleiceratinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bouleiceratinae by Arkell (1952) and Howarth (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Bouleiceras Arkell p. 259
1958Colcanapites Collignon
2002Bouleiceras Sepkoski
2013Bouleiceras Howarth p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyBouleiceratinaeArkell 1950
genusBouleiceras

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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Subg. †Bouleiceras (Colcanapites) Collignon 1958
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†Bouleiceras arabicum Arkell 1952
†Bouleiceras elegans Arkell 1952
†Bouleiceras marraticum Arkell 1952
†Bouleiceras nitescens Thevenin 1906
†Bouleiceras rebillyi Collignon 1958
†Bouleiceras rectum Arkell 1952
†Bouleiceras rochi Collignon 1958
†Bouleiceras tumidum Arkell 1952
Invalid names: Colcanapites Collignon 1958 [synonym]
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 182.70000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Somalia B. sp., B. rectum (179136)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain B. sp., B. arabicum, B. marraticum, B. elegans (139802)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Saudi Arabia B. arabicum, B. marraticum, B. elegans, B. nitescens (184571) B. elegans (141470 184560)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile (Huasco) B. chilense (223782)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Pakistan B. sp. (139449)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Saudi Arabia B. sp., B. elegans (48715)