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Pleuroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy

Pleuroceras was named by Hyatt (1868) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Amaltheinae by Meister and Friebe (2003); and to Amaltheidae by Howarth (1955), Frebold (1970), Géczy and Meister (1998) and Howarth (2013).

Species

P. apyrenum, P. birdi, P. hawskerense (syn. Ammonites elaboratus), P. solare (syn. Ammonites regularis, Paltopleuroceras pseudocostatum), P. spinatum (syn. Ammonites costatus, Ammonites franconicus), P. transiens

Synonyms

Paltopleuroceras was named by Buckman (1898).

It was synonymized objectively with Pleuroceras by Bardin et al. (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Pleuroceras Hyatt
1898	Paltopleuroceras Buckman p. 453
1955	Pleuroceras Howarth
1970	Pleuroceras Frebold
1998	Pleuroceras Géczy and Meister
2002	Pleuroceras Sepkoski
2003	Pleuroceras Meister and Friebe
2013	Pleuroceras Howarth p. 61

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Eoderoceratoidea	(Spath 1929)
family	Liparoceratidae	Hyatt 1867
subfamily	Amaltheinae	(Hyatt 1867)
genus	Pleuroceras	Hyatt 1868

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. †Pleuroceras Hyatt 1868

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†Pleuroceras apyrenum Buckman 1911

†Pleuroceras birdi Simpson 1843

†Pleuroceras hawskerense Young and Bird 1828

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Invalid names: Ammonites elaboratus Simpson 1884 [synonym]

†Pleuroceras solare Phillips 1829

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†Pleuroceras solare trapezoidiformis Maubeuge 1951

Invalid names: Ammonites regularis Simpson 1855 [synonym], Paltopleuroceras pseudocostatum Richardson 1904 [synonym]

†Pleuroceras solare solitarium Simpson 1855

†Pleuroceras spinatum Bruguière 1789

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Invalid names: Ammonites costatus Schlotheim 1820 [synonym], Ammonites franconicus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym]

†Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen 1937

Invalid names: Paltopleuroceras Buckman 1898 [objective synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	18	12.2	6.87	19.8	12.9	3.51
shell diameter	18	32.5	13.6	63.6	36.8	13.3
shell inflation	18	12.6	5.49	28.0	12.9	6.72

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: base of the Margaritatus to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (78 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian	190.8 - 182.7	Canada (British Columbia)	P. sp. (53379)
Pliensbachian	190.8 - 182.7	Romania	P. spinatum (221056)
Pliensbachian	190.8 - 182.7	Canada (Yukon)	P. sp. (34183)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	Italy (Varese)	P. spinatum (37504)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	Germany (Bavaria)	P. solare, P. spinatum, P. apyrenum (51276) P. sp. (51275)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	Ukraine (Transcarpathian)	P. sp., P. spinatum (197051)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	Austria	P. solare (218912)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	United Kingdom (Yorkshire)	P. sp. (219474)
Margaritatus - Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	France	P. sp. (148115)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Hungary	P. spinatum (109539 109679)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	France	P. solare (146652 146653) P. solare, P. spinatum (146651) P. solare, P. transiens (146649) P. sp. (147785) P. spinatum (124129 146654 146655 146656 146657) P. spinatum (124118 124119) P. transiens (146650)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	United Kingdom	P. hawskerense (222195 222196 222197) P. solare, P. spinatum, P. birdi (218424) P. solare, P. transiens (218423) P. sp., P. apyrenum (222198) P. spinatum (218426) P. transiens (38105)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Germany (Bavaria)	P. spinatum (25502)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Germany	P. solare (126569 228497 228499) P. spinatum (228498 228500 228501 228502 228503 228504 228505 228506)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Spain (Cantabria)	P. solare (222230) P. solare, P. spinatum (222231 222232 222235) P. solare, P. spinatum, P. apyrenum (222234) P. spinatum, P. apyrenum (222233) P. spinatum, P. hawskerense (222236 222237 222239)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	United Kingdom (Yorkshire)	P. apyrenum (222164 222189) P. hawskerense (222160 222161 222183 222184) P. solare (222168) P. sp., P. apyrenum (222166)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Austria	P. solare (145294)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Algeria	P. solare (148271 148272 148273) P. sp. (148270 148274 148276 148277)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Serbia and Montenegro	P. transiens, P. spinatum (73350)
Spinatum	189.6 - 183.0	Spain (Aragon)	P. solare (98461 146764) P. sp. (146755 146759) P. spinatum (146761 146770) P. yeovilense, P. solare, P. spinatum (146765)