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Xipheroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Xipheroceras was named by Buckman (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: 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 Corna and Dommergues (1995) and Edmunds et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Xipheroceras Buckman
1916Praederoceras Dietz
1995Xipheroceras Corna and Dommergues
2002Xipheroceras Sepkoski
2013Xipheroceras Howarth p. 38
2016Xipheroceras Edmunds et al. p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyEoderoceratinaeSpath 1929
genusXipherocerasBuckman 1911

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. †Xipheroceras Buckman 1911
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†Xipheroceras dudressieri d'Orbigny 1845
†Xipheroceras planicosta Buckman 1911
†Xipheroceras scoresbyi Simpson 1843
†Xipheroceras ziphus Zieten 1830
Invalid names: Praederoceras Dietz 1916 [objective 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 Sinemurian or 196.50000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) X. binodulatum, X. dudressieri (204148) X. sp. (204147)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) X. sp., X. scoresbyi (234373)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) X. sp. (219468)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Somerset) X. ziphus (179699 179703 179704 179705)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6France X. sp., X. scoresbyi (219991)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Dorset) X. ziphus, X. dudressieri (170337)