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Pleurocephalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pleurocephalites Arkell et al. p. 294
2002Pleurocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyMacrocephalitidae
genusPleurocephalites

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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Pleurocephalites costumbilicatum Basse and Perrodon 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) P. sp. (98168)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toamasina) P. besairiei, P. maevaranensis (234100) P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (234095)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar P. andranomantsyensis, P. maevaranensis, P. elephantinus, P. habyensis (98091) P. besairiei, P. maevaranensis, P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (98094) P. costumbilicatus (98159) P. elephantinus (98138 98155) P. elephantinus, P. besairiei, P. habyensis (98126) P. elephantinus, P. costumbilicatus (98184) P. folliformis, P. elephantinus (98165) P. habyensis (98128 98194) P. maevaranensis (98120) P. maevaranensis, P. besairiei, P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (98185) P. maevaranensis, P. habyensis (98129) P. magnumbilicatus (98122) P. sp. (98095 98140)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France P. elephantinus (60421 60535) P. folliformis (60428) P. liberalis (60548) P. lophopleurus, P. folliformis, P. paronai (60536) P. sp. (60551)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) P. besairiei, P. paronai, P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (98212)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France P. cuenoti, P. jacobi, P. paronai (60562) P. folliformis, P. liberalis, P. tumidus (60613) P. jacobi (60556) P. sp. (60538 60540 60554) P. tumidus, P. jacobi (60616)