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Oraniceras
Taxonomy
Oraniceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.
It was reranked as Parkinsonia (Oraniceras) by Zatoń (2010).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Parkinsonia by Zatoń (2010); and to Parkinsoniidae by Arkell et al. (1957), Besnosov and Mitta (1993), Mitta (2015).
It was reranked as Parkinsonia (Oraniceras) by Zatoń (2010).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Parkinsonia by Zatoń (2010); and to Parkinsoniidae by Arkell et al. (1957), Besnosov and Mitta (1993), Mitta (2015).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1957 | Oraniceras Arkell et al. p. 309 |
| 1993 | Oraniceras Besnosov and Mitta p. 207 |
| 2002 | Oraniceras Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Parkinsonia (Oraniceras) Zatoń p. 159 |
| 2015 | Oraniceras Mitta p. 596 |
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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. †Oraniceras
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†Oraniceras fretensis Wetzel 1950
†Oraniceras scythicum Mitta 2015
†Parkinsonia (Oraniceras) gyrumbilica Quenstedt 1887
†Parkinsonia (Oraniceras) wuerttembergica Oppel 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 33.8 | 24.0 | 62.0 | 29.5 | 15.8 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 81.9 | 49.0 | 195.0 | 76.5 | 58.7 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 22.1 | 9.00 | 84.0 | 17.6 | 30.5 |
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Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Russian Federation | O. besnosovi (68350) O. fretensis (189047) O. fretensis, O. wuerttembergicus (188911) O. gyrumbilicus, O. fretensis (189043) O. mojarowskii, O. besnosovi (68345) O. scythicum (174675) O. sp. (68347 68351) O. wuerttembergicus (188433 188942 189048 189049 189050 189051) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Turkmenistan | O. gyrumbilicus (188941 189044) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Poland | Parkinsonia gyrumbilica (186798 187147) Parkinsonia gyrumbilica, Parkinsonia wuerttembergica (187125) Parkinsonia wuerttembergica (187139) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Uzbekistan | O. gyrumbilicus (188437 189045 189046) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Germany | Parkinsonia wuerttembergica (62251) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | Russian Federation (Karachaevo-Cherkessiya) | O. besnosovi, O. scythicum (235064) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian | Germany | Parkinsonia gyrumbilica, Parkinsonia wuerttembergica, Parkinsonia fretensis (62252) | |
| Late/Upper Bathonian | Germany | Parkinsonia sp. (62255) | |
| Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian | Germany | Parkinsonia sp. (62254) |