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Polymorphitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Polymorphitinae Haug p. 89
1965Polymorphitinae Bremer
1970Polymorphitinae Frebold
1992Polymorphitinae Thomson and Smith p. 15
1996Polymorphitinae Smith and Tipper p. 35
2007Furlitinae Venturi et al. p. 15
2013Polymorphitinae Howarth p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae

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.

Subfm. †Polymorphitinae Haug 1887
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G. †Gemmellaroceras Hyatt 1900
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†Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum Gemmellaro 1884
†Gemmellaroceras alloplocum Gemmellaro 1884
†Gemmellaroceras cortesei Gemmellaro 1884
†Gemmellaroceras granuliferum Gemmellaro 1884
†Gemmellaroceras involutum Venturi and Ferri 2001
†Gemmellaroceras mazzettii Gemmellaro 1884
†Gemmellaroceras pseudocarinatum Venturi et al. 2005
†Gemmellaroceras subtilicostatum Rakús and Guex 2002
Invalid names: Furlites Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Leptonotoceras Spath 1925 [synonym], Pelingoceras Venturi et al. 2005 [synonym], Tubellites Buckman 1924 [synonym]
G. †Jamesonites Buckman 1923
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†Jamesonites gumbrechti Oppel 1862
†Jamesonites spoliatus Quenstedt 1884
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Invalid names: Deroceras perisphinctoides Fucini 1903 [synonym]
G. †Parinodiceras Trueman 1918
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†Parinodiceras parinodus Quenstedt 1884
Invalid names: Platynoticeras Spath 1938 [synonym]
G. †Platypleuroceras Hyatt 1867
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Invalid names: Ammonites amplinatrix Quenstedt 1885 [synonym], Platypleuroceras brevispinoides Tutcher and Trueman 1925 [synonym]
†Platypleuroceras caprarium Quenstedt 1856
†Platypleuroceras oblongum Quenstedt 1845
†Platypleuroceras orbis Bremer 1965
†Platypleuroceras rotundum Quenstedt 1845
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Invalid names: Ammonites natrix oblongus Quenstedt 1849 [nomen dubium], Platypleuroceras enzenharti Schlatter 1980 [synonym]
†Platypleuroceras tenuilobus Quenstedt 1885
G. †Polymorphites Haug 1887
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†Polymorphites acutiventris Venturi et al. 2007
†Polymorphites calensis Faraoni et al. 1996
†Polymorphites confusus Quenstedt 1856
†Polymorphites mixtus Quenstedt 1845
†Polymorphites polymorphus Quenstedt 1845
Invalid names: Caleites Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Gorgheiceras Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Paramorphites Venturi et al. 2007 [synonym]
G. †Uptonia Buckman 1898
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†Uptonia angusta Quenstedt 1849
†Uptonia bronni Roemer 1836
†Uptonia costosa Quenstedt 1885
†Uptonia dayiceroides Mouterde 1951
†Uptonia ignota Simpson 1855
†Uptonia inaequicosta Geczy 1976
†Uptonia involuta Meister 1986
†Uptonia jamesoni Sowerby 1827
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Invalid names: Ammonites vernosae Zittel 1869 [synonym]
†Uptonia lata Parkinson 1811
†Uptonia regnardi d'Orbigny 1844
Invalid names: Furlitinae Venturi et al. 2007 [synonym], Parinodiceratinae Edmunds 2009 [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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Semicostatum to the top of the Freboldi or 199.50000 to 185.10000 Ma

Collections (259 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Gemmellaroceras spp. (199615 199644 199692)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile (Huasco) Uptonia sp. (223372)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Leptonotoceras sp. (200536 200538)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Gemmellaroceras sp. (219470)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Leptonotoceras sp. (204132) Leptonotoceras suessi (204133) Tubellites sp. (204130)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Gemmellaroceras sp. (78351)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Austria Leptonotoceras abnorme (189193 189198)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany Leptonotoceras emersoni (189119 189120)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Leptonotoceras abnorme (33366)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Portugal Leptonotoceras abnorme (237684 237685 237686 237694 237695 237696 237697 237698 237703 237713 237714 237721 237724 237725 237727 237728 237730 237731)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Spain Leptonotoceras abnorme (237671 237672) Leptonotoceras sp. (237668)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Hungary Gorgheiceras gorghense (78630)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Uptonia jamesoni, Uptonia regnardi, Gemmellaroceras cortesei, Crucilobiceras submuticum, Uptonia angusta, Uptonia ignota, Gemmellaroceras abnorme (218660)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Platypleuroceras sp., Uptonia jamesoni, Platypleuroceras rotundum, Platypleuroceras brevispina, Uptonia bronni (218932) Uptonia jamesoni, Platypleuroceras brevispina (218910) Uptonia sp., Platypleuroceras amplinatrix (218911)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2France Uptonia sp. (205746 205747)
Obtusum - Margaritatus199.5 - 184.2Austria Uptonia jamesoni, Platypleuroceras rotundum, Platypleuroceras brevispina (218909)
Raricostatum - Davoei199.5 - 184.2Hungary Gorgheiceras gorghense (78690)
Raricostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Uptonia confusa (147339)
Semicostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Hungary Gemmellaroceras alloplocum (78688)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Uptonia jamesoni (218907) Uptonia sp., Uptonia jamesoni (218908)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Platypleuroceras brevispinoides (218903) Uptonia jamesoni (218929)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France Gemmellaroceras gemmellaroi (146456 146619 146622 148010 148143 148144 148145)
Davoei - Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Gemmellaroceras gemmellaroi (148106)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (Yukon) Gemmellaroceras sp. (197543)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Gemmellaroceras peregrinum, Parinodiceras sp., Tubellites tubellus, Tubellites anguiformis (204129) Platypleuroceras sp., Polymorphites sp., Uptonia obsoleta (204128) Uptonia sp. (204127)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (210563)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Denmark (Bornholm) Platypleuroceras sp., Uptonia sp., Platypleuroceras brevispina, Platypleuroceras caprarium, Platypleuroceras submuticum (219923)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Gemmellaroceras sp. (198423) Gemmellaroceras sp., Polymorphites sp. (198451) Polymorphites sp. (55547) Uptonia dayiceratoides (53396 53400) Uptonia dayiceroides (90960) Uptonia sp. (55543 55544)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Uptonia sp., Platypleuroceras brevispina (126923)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Mexico (Sonora) Gemmellaroceras sp., Polymorphites sp. (208277) Gemmellaroceras sp., Polymorphites sp., Polymorphites confosus (208278 208279 208281)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Gemmellaroceras sp. (170527)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Polymorphites sp. (218656)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Polymorphites lineatus, Uptonia jamesoni (219471)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Centre-Val de Loire) Ammonites regnardi (234368) Polymorphites bronnii, Uptonia sp., Uptonia jamesoni (234369)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovakia Uptonia jamesoni (218337)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Russian Federation Polymorphites sp. (39320)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Platypleuroceras sp., Uptonia jamesoni (197006)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2France Polymorphites pseudodubari (148167)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Gorgheiceras tuberculatum, Gorgheiceras planatum (170523)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Uptonia sp. (53119 53186)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2France Parinodiceras sp. (147719) Platypleuroceras brevispina, Platypleuroceras brevispinoides (147722 147997) Platypleuroceras brevispinoides (146498 147723 147765 147766 147947 147968 148173) Platypleuroceras brevispinoides, Polymorphites mixtus (148112) Platypleuroceras rotundum, Platypleuroceras brevispina, Platypleuroceras brevispinoides (147721) Platypleuroceras rotundum, Platypleuroceras brevispina, Platypleuroceras brevispinoides, Polymorphites mixtus (146497) Platypleuroceras tenuilobus (147720) Polymorphites bronni (147715 147758 147762 147764 147936 148170 148190) Uptonia jamesoni (146494 147713 147717 147752 147754 147755 147756 147757 147760 147761 147763 147940 147942 147943 147944 147945 147967 147996 148085 148087 148095 148097 148110 148169 148172) Uptonia jamesoni, Platypleuroceras brevispinoides, Polymorphites bronni, Uptonia confusa (147966) Uptonia jamesoni, Polymorphites bronni (146492 146493 146495 147714 147716 147718 147753 147759 147938 147939 147941 147946 147995 148111 148127 148171 148194 148206) Uptonia jamesoni, Polymorphites bronni, Uptonia confusa (148168) Uptonia jamesoni, Polymorphites bronni, Uptonia regnardi (147994) Uptonia jamesoni, Uptonia involuta (148109) Uptonia jamesoni, Uptonia regnardi (148086) Uptonia sp. (146496 147751 147790 148096)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum, Jamesonites spoliatus, Gemmellaroceras subtilicostatum, Gemmellaroceras granuliferum, Gemmellaroceras mazzettii (170522)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Gemmellaroceras peregrinum (159860) Platypleuroceras natrix, Platypleuroceras oblongus, Platypleuroceras sp., Polymorphites lineatus (159803) Platypleuroceras sp. nov., Platypleuroceras spp., Uptonia reynardi, Uptonia sp., Platypleuroceras brevispina, Uptonia bronni (159797) Platypleuroceras sp., Platypleuroceras confusus, Polymorphites quadratus, Platypleuroceras brevispina (159798) Platypleuroceras sp., Polymorphites birchoides (159799) Platypleuroceras sp., Polymorphites mixtus (159843) Polymorphites caprarius (159856) Polymorphites lineatus (159820 159822) Polymorphites trivialis, Polymorphites sp. (159808) Uptonia bronni (159187) Uptonia jamesoni (159189) Uptonia jamesoni, Uptonia bronni (159188) Uptonia sp. (159796)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Italy Furlites sp., Furlites involutus, Pelingoceras pseudocarinatum (146998) Gemmellaroceras sp. (147085) Paramorphites acutiventris (147083) Pelingoceras sp., Caleites calensis, Furlites involutus, Pelingoceras pseudocarinatum (146997)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Uptonia jamesoni, Platypleuroceras brevispina, Uptonia angusta (218407)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Germany Platypleuroceras caprarium (189121)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Austria Uptonia jamesoni (194501)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Greenland Uptonia aff. jamesoni (162111) Uptonia jamesoni (161976 161977 161979 162071 162072 162271 162272 162274 162275 162278 162280)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Hungary Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum (80160) Uptonia jamesoni (78878 80142 108314)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Platypleuroceras oblongum (147303 147311) Platypleuroceras rotundum (147310) Polymorphitinae indet. (147290) Uptonia confusa, Platypleuroceras valdaniforme, Uptonia lata (147327)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Chile Jamesonites sp. (181791)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Spain (Aragon) Platypleuroceras aureum, Uptonia regnardi (146705) Platypleuroceras aureum, Uptonia sp. (146704) Platypleuroceras brevispina (146697) Platypleuroceras rotundum (146695) Platypleuroceras rotundum, Platypleuroceras brevispina (146700) Platypleuroceras sp. (98402 146701) Uptonia jamesoni (98403)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Polymorphites lineatus, Platypleuroceras brevispina, Parinodiceras parinodus (33357) Uptonia jamesoni (123530)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2France Uptonia jamesoni (148193) Uptonia jamesoni, Polymorphites bronni (147965 148189)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Gorgheiceras tuberculatum (170514) Jamesonites sp. (170528)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Polymorphites sp. (199714)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Uptonia jamesoni, Gemmellaroceras cortesei, Crucilobiceras submuticum, Uptonia angusta, Uptonia costosa, Gemmellaroceras abnorme, Platypleuroceras orbis (218658) Uptonia jamesoni, Platypleuroceras valdaniforme, Crucilobiceras submuticum, Uptonia angusta (218657)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile (Copiapó) Uptonia sp. (223654)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Indonesia (Timor) Uptonia jamesoni (205682)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Ammonitida indet. (161208) Uptonia jamesoni (161975) Uptonia sp. (161980 162282)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum (33141 33189 33256) Gemmellaroceras alloplocum (33209 33210 33214 33220) Gemmellaroceras sp. (198499) Polymorphites confusus (33145 33217) Polymorphites confusus, Gemmellaroceras alloplocum (33131) Uptonia sp. (53446)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Mendoza) Uptonia sp. (33741)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Romania Uptonia sp. (221056)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile (Chañaral) Uptonia sp. (223806)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Chile (Huasco) Uptonia sp. (223366)
Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Russian Federation Uptonia sp. (129766)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Chile (Copiapó) Uptonia sp. (223655)
Imlayi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) Polymorphites confusus (33178 33180) Polymorphites confusus, Gemmellaroceras alloplocum (33126 33187)
Whiteavesi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) Gemmellaroceras alloplocum (33132) Polymorphites confusus (33133 33138) Polymorphites confusus, Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum (32809)
Freboldi186.2 - 185.1Canada (British Columbia) Gemmellaroceras spp. (33112)