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Prolyelliceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Prolyelliceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Prolyelliceras Spath p. 65
1956Prolyelliceras Benavides-Caceres p. 462
1979Ralphimlayites Etayo Serna p. 81
1982Prolyelliceras Renz p. 32
1996Prolyelliceras Wright et al. p. 147
2002Prolyelliceras Sepkoski
2009Prolyelliceras Latil et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyProlyelliceratidae
genusProlyellicerasSpath 1930

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. †Prolyelliceras Spath 1930
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Prolyelliceras apuloense Etayo Serna 1979
Prolyelliceras carvajalorum Etayo Serna 1979
Prolyelliceras gevreyi Jacob 1907
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Invalid names: Lyelliceras flandrini Dubourdieu 1953 [synonym]
Prolyelliceras isaaclei Etayo Serna 1979
Prolyelliceras lobatum Riedel 1938
Prolyelliceras mathewsi Knechtel 1947
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Invalid names: Prolyelliceras peruvianum Spath 1930 [synonym]
Prolyelliceras ulrichi Knechtel 1947
Invalid names: Ralphimlayites Etayo Serna 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height817.46.0042.118.111.0
shell diameter846.513.5118.745.531.6
shell inflation817.23.5046.317.613.1

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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 119.57000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) P. prorsocurvatum (89547)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Pakistan P. flandrini (177362)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Peru (Cajamarca) Lyelliceras pseudolyelli (88167)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Peru Lyelliceras lyelli (88173)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Colombia P. flandrini, P. peruvianum (67382) P. gevreyi (67348 67349 67351 67353 67358 67359 67360 67362 67363) P. prorsocurvatum (177181)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Venezuela P. flandrini (87939)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Peru (Huánuco) P. sp. (89073)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Peru (Cajamarca) Lyelliceras lyelli (56911) P. peruvianum (56984)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Peru Lyelliceras ulrichi, Lyelliceras mathewsi (88673)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Peru Lyelliceras ulrichi (88174 88197) P. mathewsi, P. ulrichi (177182) P. peruvianum (88190)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Peru Lyelliceras ulrichi (88151)