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Groebericeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Groebericeras Helmstaedt p. 75
1970Groebericeras Imlay and Jones p. B3
1999Groebericeras Aguirre-Urreta and Alvarez p. 18
2002Groebericeras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusGroebericeras

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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Groebericeras baileyi Imlay and Jones 1970
Groebericeras bifrons Leanza 1945
Groebericeras rocardi Pomel 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1925.217.042.024.07.50
shell diameter1967.543.0125.065.022.7
shell inflation1922.313.052.020.09.99

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 Early/Lower Valanginian or 145.06000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) G. baileyi (225862)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Nepal G. sp. (142312)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Chile G. rocardi (151672)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Argentina (Neuquen) G. bifrons (161863 161864)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Chile G. bifrons (161865)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Iraq (Zakho) G. sp. (192414) G. sp., G. rocardi (192409 192412) G. spp., G. rocardi (192411)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Spain G. sp. (64958 65290 65313 65314 65318)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Chile G. rocardi (151673)