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Proplacenticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Proplacenticeras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Placenticeratidae by Parnes (1964); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Proplacenticeras Parnes p. 4
2002Proplacenticeras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusProplacenticeras

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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Invalid names: Placenticeras merenskyi Haughton 1930 [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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Middle Coniacian or 105.30000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Antsiranana) P. rerati (86507)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain P. sp. (3832)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) P. stantoni (88028)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola P. stantoni (70955)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USSR P. kharesmense (3801 3803) P. simakovi, P. kharesmense (3797)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Alaska) P. sp. (226969 226975)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (South Dakota) P. stantoni (88005)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Israel P. sp. (69822)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa P. sp. (82440 82443 82455)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8India (Tamil Nadu) P. tamulicum (46503)