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Neochetoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Neochetoceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites steraspis.

It was assigned to Streblitinae by Myczynski (1989), Schlegelmilch (1994); to Oppeliidae by Zeiss et al. (1994); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. bous, N. mucronatum, N. steraspis, N. subnudatum, N. usselense
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. paternoi, N. praecursor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Neochetoceras Myczynski p. 90
1994Neochetoceras Schlegelmilch p. 44
1994Neochetoceras Zeiss et al. p. 370
2002Neochetoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyStreblitinaeSpath 1925
genusNeochetoceras

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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†Neochetoceras bous Oppel 1863
†Neochetoceras mucronatum Berckhemer-Holder 1959
†Neochetoceras subnudatum Fontannes 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height321.819.724.022.02.15
shell diameter338.938.240.038.50.964
shell inflation33.983.505.003.600.839

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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.50000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France N. pamprouxense (163587)
Oxfordian - Berriasian161.5 - 137.05Spain N. sp., N. steraspis (73297)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) N. praecursor, N. subnudatum (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina N. sp. (47416)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany N. mohri (193332 193333 193334) N. mucronatum (13416 13417 13419 13422 13424 13429 13430 13432 13436) N. mucronatum, N. usselense (13415) N. mucronatus (13427) N. praecursor (193290) N. steraspis (34608) N. steraspis, N. bous (13413)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Hungary N. sp., N. steraspis (23872)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy N. sp. (184794 184806)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Ammonites bous (234329) Ammonites steraspis (234330) N. praecursor (13412) N. sp., N. steraspis, N. mucronatum (13414) N. steraspis (31991)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) N. sp. (10697)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy (Ancona) N. paternoi (46386 46535)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany N. mucronatum (13418)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquen) N. sp. (47411)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Cuba N. sp. (57717 57726) N. steraspis (57727)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Hungary N. sp. (154766 160426)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Spain N. paternoi, N. griesbachiforme, N. sp. (235585)