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Pseudomercaticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomercaticeras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phymatoceratidae by Howarth (2013).

Species
P. frantzi, P. rotaries, P. venzoi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Brodieia parvilobum, P. latum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pseudomercaticeras Sepkoski
2013Pseudomercaticeras Howarth p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPhymatoceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusPseudomercaticeras

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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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Toarcian to the top of the Thouarsense or 182.90000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (56399)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Granda) P. frantzi (201214)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) P. frantzi (57885 57886 57887 57888) P. sp. (53587 57820)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Murcia) P. rotaries (201424 201435)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Hungary P. rotaries (108070 108072) P. sp. (108460 108461 108464 108465)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Italy P. sp. (145323 147027 147032 147034 147039 147041 147042)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain P. latum (146940)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) P. rotaries (234054)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. frantzi (53091)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Spain P. frantzi (126496 126501 146955 146959) P. sp. (146951 146954 146956 146958)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France P. frantzi (170424)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Hungary P. frantzi (108064) P. sp., P. venzoi (108081)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Hungary Brodieia rotaries (64305)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7Hungary P. sp. (108075)