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Polymorphites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Polymorphites was named by Haug (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites polymorphus.

It was assigned to Polymorphitinae by Bremer (1965), Thomson and Smith (1992), Smith and Tipper (1996), Sepkoski (2002), Howarth (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Polymorphites Haug
1965Polymorphites Bremer
1992Polymorphites Thomson and Smith p. 17
1996Polymorphites Smith and Tipper p. 35
2001Caleites Venturi and Ferri
2001Gorgheiceras Venturi and Ferri
2002Polymorphites Sepkoski
2007Gorgheiceras Geczy and Meister
2007Paramorphites Venturi et al. p. 13
2013Polymorphites Howarth p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusPolymorphitesHaug 1887

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. †Polymorphites Haug 1887
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†Polymorphites acutiventris Venturi et al. 2007
†Polymorphites calensis Faraoni et al. 1996
†Polymorphites confusus Quenstedt 1856
†Polymorphites mixtus Quenstedt 1845
†Polymorphites polymorphus Quenstedt 1845
Invalid names: Caleites Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Gorgheiceras Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Paramorphites Venturi et al. 2007 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height274.592.6012.04.402.28
shell diameter2713.56.9030.612.26.84
shell inflation274.822.2010.54.502.26

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: Whiteavesi or 189.20000 to 186.20000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Hungary Gorgheiceras gorghense (78630)
Raricostatum - Davoei199.5 - 184.2Hungary Gorgheiceras gorghense (78690)
Raricostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Uptonia confusa (147339)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Yorkshire) P. lineatus (219471)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) P. sp. (204128)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Mexico (Sonora) P. sp. (208277) P. sp., P. confosus (208278 208279 208281)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Centre-Val de Loire) P. bronnii (234369)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye P. sp. (218656)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Russian Federation P. sp. (39320)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (55547 198451)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Gorgheiceras tuberculatum, Gorgheiceras planatum (170523)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2France P. pseudodubari (148167)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) P. birchoides (159799) P. lineatus (159803 159820 159822) P. mixtus (159843) P. quadratus (159798) P. trivialis, P. sp. (159808)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2France P. mixtus (146497 148112) Uptonia confusa (147966 148168)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Uptonia confusa (147327)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) P. lineatus (33357)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Italy Caleites calensis (146997) Paramorphites acutiventris (147083)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Gorgheiceras tuberculatum (170514)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) P. confusus (33131 33145 33217)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France P. sp. (199714)
Imlayi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) P. confusus (33126 33178 33180 33187)
Whiteavesi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) P. confusus (32809 33133 33138)