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Promicroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Promicroceras was named by Spath (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-l J Sine-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Eoderoceratinae by Howarth (2013); and to Eoderoceratidae by Meister and Friebe (2003), Edmunds et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Promicroceras Spath
2002Promicroceras Sepkoski
2003Promicroceras Meister and Friebe
2013Promicroceras Howarth p. 40
2016Promicroceras Edmunds et al. p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyEoderoceratinaeSpath 1929
genusPromicrocerasSpath 1925

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. †Promicroceras Spath 1925
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Subg. †Promicroceras (Leptomicroceras) Edmunds et al. 2016
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†Promicroceras planicosta Sowerby 1814
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Invalid names: Ammonites aureus Young and Bird 1822 [synonym]
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Obtusum to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) P. sp. (219467)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites planicosta (227267)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) P. sp. (219468)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) P. planicosta (114683)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) P. planicosta (179698 179703) P. planicosta, P. cowapi (179699)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Dorset) P. planicosta (170337)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) P. capricornoides (204149 204150) P. marstonense, P. planicosta (204147)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria P. perplanicosta (218903)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (105605)