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Erymnoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Erymnoceras was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call-m].

It was assigned to Pachyceratidae by Arkell (1952) and Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Erymnoceras Hyatt p. 580
1952Erymnoceras Arkell p. 289
1957Erymnoceras Arkell et al. p. 296
2002Erymnoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPachyceratidaeBuckman 1918
genusErymnoceras

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.

G. †Erymnoceras Hyatt 1900
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Subg. †Erymnoceras (Pachyerymnoceras) Howarth 1998
Erymnoceras ajax d'Orbigny 1850
Erymnoceras baylei Jeannet 1951
Erymnoceras coronoides Quenstedt 1887
Erymnoceras doliforme Roman 1930
Erymnoceras nodosum Jeannet 1951
Erymnoceras philbyi Arkell 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1513.69.0033.312.06.48
shell diameter1537.122.0107.032.021.5
shell inflation1512.56.3043.013.09.59

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 Callovian to the top of the Callovian or 164.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia E. ajax (47890) E. doliforme (47883 47884) E. sp. (48585 48604)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland E. doliforme (171552 171702)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia E. ajax (141486)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar E. dorothea (98136)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2France E. baylei, E. coronoides (60617 60618) E. doliforme (60543 60552) E. sp. (60434 60436 60564 170212)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany E. argoviense (62270) E. sp. (62271 62272)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia E. philbyi (184539 184548 184549 184552) E. triplicatum (184540)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland E. ajax (171605) E. baylei, E. ajax (171732) E. doliforme (171557 171596 171627 171700 171701 171703 171731) E. doliforme, E. coronoides (171761) E. doliforme, E. coronoides, E. ajax (171592) E. doliforme, E. nodosum (171593 171595) E. nodosum (171734) E. sp., E. doliforme, E. baylei, E. nodosum, E. ajax (171733)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia E. doliforme (34544)