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Eleganticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Hildoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Elegantuliceras Buckman
1970Leptarpites Repin
2002Eleganticeras Sepkoski
2002Ochotoceras Sepkoski
2013Eleganticeras Howarth p. 72
2022Eleganticeras Benzaggagh et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusEleganticeras

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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†Eleganticeras elegans Sowerby 1815
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Invalid names: Ammonites capellinus Schlotheim 1820 [synonym], Osperleioceras viluiense Krimholtz 1956 [synonym]
†Eleganticeras elegantulum Young and Bird 1828
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Invalid names: Ammonites ovatulus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Ammonites rugatulus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Ammonites similis Simpson 1843 [synonym], Eleganticeras pseudoelegans Buckman 1913 [synonym]
†Eleganticeras exaratum Young and Bird 1828
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Invalid names: Ammonites erratus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Ammonites multifoliatus Simpson 1855 [synonym]
Invalid names: Elegantuliceras Buckman 1913 [synonym], Leptarpites Repin 1970 [synonym], Ochotoceras [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height226.018.037.527.813.8
diameter255.437.382.359.831.8
inflation213.79.0020.814.98.34
shell height547.920.078.059.021.9
shell diameter5101.737.0199.5117.861.5
shell inflation522.96.5070.519.226.6

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 Tenuicostatum to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (151 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Chile (Huasco) E. elongatum (223402)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Cantabria) Cleviceras elegans (169511) Cleviceras exaratum (169507 222266 222267 222269) Cleviceras exaratum, Cleviceras elegans (169509 169510) E. elegantulum (222261 222262 222263) E. elegantulum, Cleviceras exaratum (222264) E. sp. (222260)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Murcia) E. elegans, E. elegantulum (201422) E. elegantulum (201418)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Canada (British Columbia) Cleviceras exaratum (53618 55912 55946 55947 55948 55949 55952 55953 55954 55955 55956 55957 56218) E. sp. (53573) Harpoceras exaratum (53375 53466 53467)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Granda) E. elegans (201069 201070 201071 201072 201073 201074 201075 201076) E. elegans, E. elegantulum (201064 201066 201067 201068) E. elegantulum (201065)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Chile (Huasco) E. elongatum (223409)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Württenburg) E. sp. (91672)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Harpoceras exaratum, E. pseudoelegans (204117)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9USA (Nevada) Cleviceras exaratum (207998 208071)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Bavaria) Harpoceras exaratum (51270 51271 51272 51273)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Spain E. elegans (114367)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (England) E. elegantulum (104009)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Bulgaria Cleviceras exaratum (150940) E. elegantulum (150907)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Morocco E. exaratum (228341 228342 228343 228344)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Algeria E. sp. (148293)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9France (Vendée) E. elegans (147208) E. elegantulum (147198) E. sp. (140758 140759 140760)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany Cleviceras elegans (228511) Cleviceras exaratum (228508) Cleviceras exaratum, Cleviceras elegans (228509) E. elegantulum (151353)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) E. elegantulum (44623 147854) E. elegantulum, E. rugatulum (44626 147829 147830 147834 147835 147836 147837 147839) E. elegantulum, E. rugatulum, Harpoceras sp. nov. (147838) E. rugatulum, Harpoceras exaratum, Harpoceras sp. nov. (147855) E. rugatulum, Harpoceras exaratum, Monestieria errata, Harpoceras sp. nov. (147841) Harpoceras elegans (147833 147842 147856 147857) Harpoceras exaratum, Harpoceras elegans (147832 147843 147844 154228) Harpoceras exaratum, Harpoceras sp. nov. (147840) Harpoceras exaratum, Monestieria errata, Harpoceras sp. nov. (147831)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9France (Deux-Sevrès) E. elegans (140862) E. elegantulum (140858 147147) E. exaratum (140859 140860)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Tunisia Harpoceras exaratum (170590)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Spain (Aragon) E. elegantulum (146793)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Spain (Cantabria) E. elegantulum (169506)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Canada (Alberta) Cleviceras exaratum (56234 56235 56236)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) Cleviceras exaratum (53094 53097 55681 55769 55770 55777 55950 55951 56217 56220 56221 56226 56334 56335 56336) E. sp., Harpoceras exaratum (56232) Harpoceras exaratum (56222 56223 56224 56225 56227 56228 56233 56327 56328 56329 56330 56331 56332 56333 56337)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4USA (Alaska) Cleviceras exaratum (55661)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Cleviceras exaratum (53090)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Morocco Harpoceras elegans (153943)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Canada (Yukon) Harpoceras exaratum (34198)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) E. elegantulum (24862)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) Cleviceras exaratum (56219)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Morocco E. sp. (228350)
Kanense182.3 - 181.3Canada (Alberta) Cleviceras exaratum (198518 198519 198520 198521 198523 198525)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Harpoceras exaratum, Harpoceras elegans (219476)