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Leioceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Graphoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Cypholioceras Buckman
1899Lioceras Buckman
1899Manselia Buckman
2002Leioceras Sepkoski
2013Leioceras Howarth p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyGraphoceratidaeBuckman 1905
subfamilyLeioceratinaeSpath 1936
genusLeioceras

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. †Leioceras
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†Leioceras capillare Buckman 1928
†Leioceras comptocostosum Chandler and Callomon 2009
†Leioceras comptum Reinecke 1818
†Leioceras costosum Quenstedt 1886
†Leioceras crassicostatum Rieber 1963
†Leioceras evertens Buckman 1899
†Leioceras lineatum Buckman 1899
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Invalid names: Lioceras grave Buckman 1899 [synonym]
†Leioceras opalinum Reinecke 1818
†Leioceras paucicostatum Rieber 1993
†Leioceras striatum Buckman 1899
†Leioceras subcostosum Buckman 1899
†Lioceras concavum Sowerby 1815
Invalid names: Cypholioceras Buckman 1899 [synonym], Manselia Buckman 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1541.529.071.040.09.96
diameter1596.259.0143.094.519.3
inflation1519.713.028.020.54.50
shell height627.213.045.534.813.6
shell diameter678.335.0130.0102.542.6
shell inflation630.014.054.634.915.8

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 Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Aalenian or 180.40000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany (Bavaria) L. costosum, L. opalinum, L. lineatum (51853) L. opalinum (51849 51850 51851 51852)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Canada (Yukon) L. sp. (34207)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) L. crassicostatum, L. striatum (106465)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain (Granada) L. comptum (201384 201385 201386)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France L. costatum, L. uncinatum, L. uncum, L. sinon, L. opalinum (51501)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Italy L. comptum (198954 198955) L. lineatum, L. paucicostatum (198946) L. plicatum, L. uncinatum, L. comptum, L. opalinum, L. lineatum, L. crassicostatum, L. paucicostatum, L. striatum (198944) L. sp. (198947) L. sp., L. paucicostatum, L. striatum (198956) L. striatum (198945)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Yukon) L. opalinum (34204 34205 34206)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom L. costosum (234764)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) L. costosum (220494) L. sp. (220499)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) L. comptum, L. opalinum (234055)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Tunisia L. sp. (170548 170602)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Italy (Sicily) L. partitum, L. opaliniforme, L. lineatum (151229)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Iran L. comptum (155326)
Concavum174.7 - 170.9Tunisia L. opaliniforme (170605)
Concavum174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom Lioceras concavum (228417)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Spain (Granada) L. opalinum (201314 201315)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Spain (Murcia) L. opalinum (201663 201664)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Spain L. opalinum, L. lineatum (168072) L. plicatellum, L. bifidatum (71713) L. uncinatum, L. comptum, L. opalinum, L. lineatum, L. crassicostatum, L. paucicostatum (168073)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany L. comptum (59515 59519) L. lineatum (59510) L. opalinum (59502 59503 59505 59514 59527) L. partitum, L. sp. (59520) L. partitum, L. sp., L. opalinum (59496) L. partitum, L. subcostosum, L. opalinum (59493) L. sp., L. comptum (59508) L. sp., L. opalinum (59504) L. subglabrum, L. partitum, L. sp., L. opalinum (59495) L. subglabrum, L. partitum, L. sp., L. subcostosum, L. opalinum (59477) L. subglabrum, L. partitum, L. subcostosum, L. opalinum (59478 59479 59494) L. subglabrum, L. subcostosum, L. opalinum (59492)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Ukraine (Transcarpathian) L. sp. (197178)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Italy (Sicily) Leicoeras comptum, L. opalinum (151231)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Germany L. crassicostatum, L. goetzendorfense, L. paucicostatum, L. striatum (228458) L. goetzendorfense (228460 228467) L. goetzendorfense, L. evertens (228465) L. goetzendorfense, L. paucicostatum, L. striatum (228459) L. goetzendorfense, L. striatum, L. capillare (228468) L. sp. (228461 228463 228464)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9France L. opaliniforme (148822 148823) L. subglabrum (148821)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Hungary L. sp. (108614 108617 108618 108652 108653 108657 108658 108660 108661 108697 108698 108701 108703 108704 108708 108710 108711 108712) L. sp., L. comptum (108709)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Spain L. comptum, L. lineatum (131826)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom L. comptocostosum (141362) L. opaliniforme, L. opalium (141358) L. opalinum (141359) L. plicatellum, L. grave, L. opalinum, L. lineatum, L. capillare (141360)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Iran L. comptum (196963 196965)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) L. sp. (204108)