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Phymatoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Pelecoceras Hyatt
1898Denckmannia Buckmann
1919Picenia Fossa-Mancini
1949Loryella Breistroffer
1981Praerycites Venturi
1993Phymatoceras Arthur et al. p. 32
1997Denckmannia Jakobs p. 62
2002Phymatoceras Sepkoski
2013Phymatoceras Howarth p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPhymatoceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusPhymatoceras

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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†Phymatoceras aequale Géczy 1967
†Phymatoceras comense Von Buch 1831
†Phymatoceras elegans Merla 1932
†Phymatoceras jardense Gabilly 1976
†Phymatoceras lilli Hauer 1856
†Phymatoceras narbonense Buckman 1898
†Phymatoceras robustum Hyatt 1867
Invalid names: Denckmannia Buckmann 1898 [synonym], Loryella Breistroffer 1949 [synonym], Pelecoceras Hyatt 1867 [synonym], Picenia Fossa-Mancini 1919 [synonym], Praerycites Venturi 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height119.0----
diameter149.0----
inflation121.5----
shell height5231.48.2071.036.817.2
shell diameter5293.924.3212.0107.351.4
shell inflation5239.69.80101.045.022.6

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 Falciferum to the top of the Bajocian or 184.20000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (324 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Chile (Huasco) P. sp., P. lilli (223418)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Chile (Huasco) P. sp. (223366)
Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) P. copiapense (221803)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Canada (Yukon) P. pseudoerbaense (208215)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Italy P. sp. (145309 145310) P. sp., P. elegans (145322)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Canada (Yukon) Denckmannia sp. (197430)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) P. rude (55647) P. sp. (55655 55681 55774)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. hillebrandti (53090)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Coquimbo) P. comense, P. lilli (222004) P. copiapense, P. spp. (221999 222000) P. sp. (222006) P. sp., P. lilli (222003) P. spp., P. copiapense (222007)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7France P. elegans (210833) P. narbonnense (210829) P. narbonnense, P. robustum (210794) P. narbonnense, P. sp., P. robustum (210818) P. robustum (210793 210801 210807 210808 210813 210817 210819) P. sp. (210815 210835 210836 210854) P. sp., P. elegans, P. robustum (210832) P. sp., P. robustum (210814)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Huasco) P. copiapensis (223417) P. sp. (223388 223407)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) P. sp. (221804 221805 221826 221827 221828 221836 221837 221841)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Chile (Copiapó) P. sp. (223653)
Toarcian - Early/Lower Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Chile (Huasco) P. copiapensis, P. sp., P. lilli (223376)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Callovian184.2 - 161.5Chile (Copiapó) P. sp. (223621)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) Denckmannia sp. (55782) Denckmannia tumefacta (55767 55802 57859 59234 59235 59236 59237 59238) P. crassicosta (56343 57803 57804 57806 57807 57809 57810 57812 57815 57817 57818 57819 57822) P. erbaense (55790 57801 57802) P. erbaense, P. sp. (57800) P. pseudoerbaense (55778 57823 57825 57827 57828 57829 57831 57832 57868) P. pseudoerbaense, Denckmannia tumefacta (57824) P. pseudoerbaense, P. crassicosta (57805) P. pseudoerbaense, P. sp. (57826) P. rude (57833 57834) P. rude, Denckmannia sp., P. crassicosta (55801) P. rude, P. crassicosta (57808) P. rude, P. erbaense (57798) P. rude, P. sp. (57835) P. rude, P. sp., P. crassicosta (57820 57821) P. sp. (53220 53222 53395 53587 55680 55776 55783 55784 56340 57873 57885 59244 59390 59391 59397 59526 59618 71084) P. sp., Denckmannia tumefacta (55791) P. sp., Denckmannia tumefacta, P. crassicosta (56401) P. sp., P. crassicosta (57813 57814 57816)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Granda) P. armatum (201113) P. sp (201253)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Murcia) P. elegans (201448 201463)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (197429)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Italy P. elegans (147026 147028 147029 147030 147031) P. iserense (147043) P. sp. (147033 147040) P. sp., P. elegans (147027)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) P. narbonense, P. jardense (140869) P. quadratum, P. robustum, P. narbonense, P. jardense (147160) P. sp. (147161)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain P. cornucopia, P. robustum (146944) P. narboense (126478 126481) P. narbonense (146932 146934) P. robustum (146936 146938) P. sp. (126488)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain (Granda) P. armatum (201100)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Hungary Denckmannia fabale (147242) P. aequale (108048) P. elegans (108045 108051 108094 108102 148231 148242 148256) P. narbonense (108046 108085 147263) P. robustum (108069 108072 108093 147247 147255) P. sp. (108459 108464)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (185049)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7France P. elegans, P. lilli (170472) P. narbonense (170435 170450) P. narbonense, P. jardense (148787) P. robustum (161646) P. robustum, P. narbonense (161652 170433 170434) P. sp. (148785 148788 148789 148790) P. sp., P. narbonense (148786) P. sp., P. robustum (148791)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Bulgaria P. cornucopia (150899)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. hillebrandti, Denckmannia sp. (55768) P. hillebrandti, Denckmannia tumefacta (53408) P. hillebrandti, P. crassicosta (57811) P. hillebrandti, P. erbaense, Denckmannia tumefacta (57796) P. hillebrandti, P. pseudoerbaense (57830) P. hillebrandti, P. sp., P. crassicosta (53091) P. sp. (55923 59243 59400)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Chile (Huasco) P. sp. (223784)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France (Calvados) Denckmannia fabalis (148957)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sèvres) Denckmannia fortecostata (148855) Denckmannia malagma, Denckmannia pustulosa (148845 148849) Denckmannia pseuderbaensis (148850) Denckmannia robusta (148967) Denckmannia rudis (148852 148853) Denckmannia sp. A, Denckmannia tumefacta, Denckmannia robusta, Denckmannia rudis, Denckmannia fabalis (148851) Denckmannia tumefacta (148854)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Hungary Denckmannia fabale (147234) Denckmannia fabalis (107910) Denckmannia pseudoerbaensis (108078) Denckmannia robusta (108080) Denckmannia sp. (108058) P. elegans, Denckmannia pseudoerbaensis (108044) P. sp. (108469 108470)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France (Vienne) Denckmannia obliquata (148956)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) Denckmannia malagma, Denckmannia pustulosa (140898) Denckmannia robusta, Denckmannia rudis (147163 147164)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France Denckmannia malagma (148798 148799) Denckmannia rudis (161662 170425 170442 170460) Denckmannia sp. (148797) Denckmannia sp., Denckmannia fortecostata (161665) Denckmannia tumefacta (148804 170443) Denckmannia tumefacta, Denckmannia crassicosta (148802)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Bulgaria Denckmannia malagma, Denckmannia fabalis (150951)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Denckmannia sp., Denckmannia fabalis (141385) Denckmannia sp., Denckmannia malagma, P. lilli (141384)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France (Vendée) Denckmannia obliquata (148955)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Spain Denckmannia fabalis (126507 126515) Denckmannia malagma (146948 146950 146952) Denckmannia rudis (126491) Denckmannia sp. (126496 126498 126501 126503 169677) Denckmannia tumefacta (146964 146965 146975) P. sp., Denckmannia rudis (126492)
Planulata181.3 - 179.3Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (198532)
Planulata181.3 - 179.3Canada (Yukon) P. pseudoerbaense (114656)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Hungary P. volzi, P. teryi, P. tumefactum (64305)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile (Copiapó) P. sp. (223662)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. crassicosta (56405) P. erbaense, P. hillebrandti (57799) P. erbaense, P. hillebrandti, P. sp. (56415) P. hillebrandti (53357 53397 55785 55789 55794 55924 56342 56349 56408 56416 56417 59241 59245 59246 59392 59399 59530 59533 59538 59540 59541 59542 59543 59544 59545 59546 59547 59548 59550 59551 59570 59571 59572 59574 59575 59617) P. hillebrandti, P. sp. (56412 56413 56414 57792 57793 57794 57797 59529 59532 59536 59537 59573 59614 59616) P. hillebrandti, P. sp., P. crassicosta (56418 57795) P. sp. (56341 56406 59242) P. sp., P. hillebrandti (59615)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile (Chañaral) P. sp. (223835)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) P. copiapense (221807 221809 221811 221812 221818) P. sp. (221806)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain (Granada) Denckmannia malagna (201299 201300 201303)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7Hungary Denckmannia tumefacta (107909)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7France (Deux-Sèvres) Denckmannia chelussii (148959) Denckmannia orbignyi (148856)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7France Denckmannia sp. B (148809)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) Denckmannia orbignyi (140872)
Thouarsense - Levesquei180.4 - 174.7France (Deux-Sèvres) Denckmannia chelussii, Denckmannia erbaensis (148958)
Hillebrandti179.3 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. hillebrandti, P. sp. (200305)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile (Atacama) P. copiapense (221810)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Chile (Huasco) P. sp. (223384)