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Oxycerites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Oxycerites Rollier p. 622
1924Pleuroxyites Buckman
1953Oppelia (Oxycerites) Imlay p. 74
1957Oxycerites Arkell et al. p. 275
1958Oxycerites (Limoxyites) Westermann
1958Oxycerites (Mesoxyites) Westermann
1958Oxycerites (Otoxyites) Westermann
1958Oxycerites (Pleuroxyites) Westermann
1993Oxycerites Besnosov and Mitta p. 44
2002Oxycerites Sepkoski
2006Oxycerites Parent p. 18
2010Oxycerites Zatoń p. 77
2015Oxycerites Majidifard p. 29
2018Oxycerites Seyed-Emami et al.
2019Oxycerites Galácz p. 237

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

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. †Oxycerites Rollier 1909
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Invalid names: Eohecticoceras [synonym], Eoheteroceras Vasícek and Wiedmann 1994 [synonym]
Subg. †Oxycerites (Oxycerites) Rollier 1909
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Invalid names: Gonoxyites limosus Buckman 1925 [synonym], Oppelia nivernensis de Grossouvre 1919 [synonym]
†Oxycerites aspidoides Oppel 1857
†Oxycerites besairiei Collignon 1958
†Oxycerites hersilia d'Orbigny 1850
†Oxycerites orbis Giebel 1852
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Invalid names: Oxycerites oppeli Elmi 1967 [synonym]
†Oxycerites oxus Buckman 1926
†Oxycerites rodoensis Collignon 1958
Invalid names: Limoxyites Westermann 1958 [synonym], Mesoxyites Westermann 1958 [synonym], Otoxyites Westermann 1958 [synonym], Pleuroxyites Buckman 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1027.417.542.231.08.18
shell diameter1049.130.083.354.016.4
shell inflation104.802.5012.74.453.38

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 Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 168.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Parkinsoni170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom O. aspidoides (141364 141365)
Parkinsoni170.9 - 168.2Poland O. sp. (186721) O. yeovilensis (186771)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Germany O. aspidoides (62249) O. sp. (62247) O. sp., O. aspidoides (62248)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Saudi Arabia O. sp. (141340)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Ukraine (Transcarpathian) O. sp. (197187)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Russian Federation O. plicatella (187413)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Chile (Antofagasta) O. sp. (234384)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Uzbekistan O. tenuis (187779 187780 187781 187818)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Greenland Oppelia sp. (141379)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia O. sp. (48405)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Argentina (Neuquén) Alcidellus tenuitriatus, O. sp. (235861)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Germany O. sp. (62250)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Iran (Damghan) O. aspioides, O. tenuistriatus, O. yeovilensis (199163)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation O. limosus (188456) O. seebachi (187417)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Iran O. fallax (37563) O. sp. (37566) O. yeovilensis, O. oxus (175749)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland O. seebachi (186790) O. yeovilensis (186772) O. yeovilensis, O. seebachi (186722 186764 186773)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Turkmenistan O. yeovilensis (187416) O. yeovilensis, O. limosus (187414 187415)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Germany Eohecticoceras sp., O. sp., O. yeovilensis (62252)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland O. fuscoides (186791 186794 186795) O. fuscoides, O. orbis (186769 186792 186793) O. orbis (186796) O. tenuistriatus (186797)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Turkmenistan O. tenuis (187354)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Germany O. costatus, O. oxus (62255) O. orbis (62257 62258)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Italy O. orbis (193325)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Uzbekistan O. discus (187816) O. oxus (187418)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Switzerland O. orbis (193321 193322)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Argentina (Neuquen) Alcidellus obsoletoides (158968) O. tenuistriatus (158973)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toamasina) O. aspidoides (234084) O. rodoensis, O. besairiei (234064)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland O. yeovilensis (186765 186767 186774 186775 186776 186777 186778)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Germany O. oxus (59277)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Basse-Normandie) O. sp. (28444)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Russian Federation O. sp. (129672)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) Oppelia subcostaria (98168)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Oppelia chinitnana (158916) Oppelia sp. (158663 158666 158882 158891 158908 158951)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Oppelia sp. (68657)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Oppelia subcostaria (98130 98155) O. aspidoides (98185)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France O. sp. (60535) O. subcostarius (60425 60426 60427)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Oppelia subcostaria (171572 171582 171583 171584)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Neuquen) O. sp. (136304)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France O. greppini (60538)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) O. hersilia (234146)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Oppelia subcostaria, O. hersilia (171566) O. hersilia (171559) O. sp. (171561)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar O. hersilia (98175)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico Eoheteroceras sp. (60779)