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Peltoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Peltoceras Sepkoski
2006Peltoceras Parent p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusPeltoceras

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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†Metapeltoceras baylei Prieser 1937
†Metapeltoceras helveticum Jeannet 1951
†Metapeltoceras jurense Jeannet 1951
†Metapeltoceras rollieri Jeannet 1951
Subg. †Peltoceras (Peltoceras) Waagen 1871
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†Peltoceras aegoceroides Waagen 1875
†Peltoceras berckhemeri Prieser 1937
†Peltoceras bidens Waagen 1875
†Peltoceras constrictum Burckhardt 1927
†Peltoceras convexum Hillebrandt 1995
†Peltoceras cricotum Burckhardt 1927
†Peltoceras kachhense Spath 1931
†Peltoceras modeli Peiser 1937
†Peltoceras monacanthum Burckhardt 1927
†Peltoceras neogaeum Burckhardt 1927
†Peltoceras occidentale Whiteaves 1907
†Peltoceras oeschingense Prieser 1937
†Peltoceras propinquum Waagen 1875
†Peltoceras semirugosum Waagen 1875
†Peltoceras subtense Leckenby 1859
†Peltoceras trifidum Quenstedt 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2120.610.047.022.010.0
shell diameter2167.832.0157.566.034.3
shell inflation2131.015.075.530.516.4

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 Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India P. sp. (68657)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia P. trifidum, P. pachygaster, P. solidum (47882 47911)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar P. metamorphicum (234094)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar P. athleta (98170) P. kachhense (98181) P. kumagunense, P. athleta, Metapeltoceras diversiforme, P. metamorphicum, P. kachhense (98180) P. metamorphicum (98174 234132)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Neuquen) P. convexum (158522)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Metapeltoceras baylei, Metapeltoceras brunnschweileri (171588) Metapeltoceras rollieri (171763) P. athleta (171656) P. athleta, P. modeli, P. subtense (171589) P. athleta, P. modeli, P. trifidum (171762) P. athleta, P. trifidum (171574) P. athleta, P. trifidum, Metapeltoceras helveticum (171565) P. sp. A, P. sp. B, P. athleta, P. berckhemeri, P. trifidum, P. oeschingense, Metapeltoceras diversiforme, Metapeltoceras baylei (171552) P. trifidum (171630 171759 171922)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina P. athleta (68159)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (172174)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Eritrea P. sp. (209120)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Mexico (Oaxaca) P. monacanthum, P. cricotum (233965)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Metapeltoceras sp. (61659)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France P. athletoides, P. athleta, P. trifidum (60619) P. retrospinatum, P. athleta (60544) P. retrospinatum, P. metamorphicum (60439) P. russiense, P. pseudotorosum (60441) P. sp. (60437 60438)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany P. athleta (62276) P. sp. (62283) P. trifidum (62279)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) P. athleta (184595)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Boeny) P. athleta (234113)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Metapeltoceras baylei (171568) P. trifidum, Metapeltoceras baylei (171585)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India P. diversiforme, P. ponderosum, P. sp. (68647)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Poland P. schroederi (228422)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Argentina (Neuquen) P. convexum (135717)
Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21USA (California) P. sp. (192820)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Metapeltoceras jurense (171559)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Neuquen) P. athleta (135724)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France P. ssp. (12266 12267 12269) P. ssp., P. williamsoni (12270)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France P. ssp. (12268)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Canada (Alberta) P. occidentale (195173)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (Scotland) P. gerberi, P. williamsoni (163717) P. williamsoni (163716 163718)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (172175)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Metapeltoceras armiger, P. kumagense, P. ponderosum, Metapeltoceras diversiforme, P. metamorphicum, P. kachhense, P. bidens (98175) Metapeltoceras diversiforme, P. kachhense (234140) Metapeltoceras sp. (98186) P. ponderosum (98189) P. ponderosum, Metapeltoceras diversiforme (98182)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Peltomorphites eugenii (234149)