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Amaltheus margaritatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Amaltheus margaritatus was named by de Montford (1808). Its type specimen is BMNH 37039 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ammonites margaritatus by d'Orbigny (1844), d'Orbigny (1850) and Owen (1856).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. clevelandicus, A. complanatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Amaltheus margaritatus de Montford
1813Ammonites amaltheus Schlotheim p. 101
1813Ammonites acutus Sowerby p. 51 figs. Pl 17, fig 1
1844Ammonites margaritatus d'Orbigny p. 246
1845Ammonites sedgwickii Buckman
1850Ammonites aonis d'Orbigny pp. 64, No. 40
1850Ammonites margaritatus d'Orbigny pp. 224, No. 13
1852Ammonites foliaceus Giebel p. 540
1856Ammonites margaritatus Owen p. 75
1955Amaltheus margaritatus Howarth
1956Amaltheus margaritatus Howarth
1986Amaltheus margaritatus Meister p. 95 figs. Pl 20, fig 9; pl 22, fig 1; pl 23, fig 6
1991Amaltheus margaritatus Blau and Meister p. 180 figs. Pl 5, fig 10
1996Amaltheus margaritatus Smith and Tipper p. 51
1998Amaltheus margaritatus Géczy and Meister p. 103
2002Amaltheus margaritatus Rakús and Guex p. 130 figs. Pl 27, fig 8
2003Amaltheus margaritatus Meister and Friebe
2003Amaltheus margaritatus Wittler and Roth p. 24 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
2013Amaltheus margaritatus Bardin et al. p. 319 figs. 4A,B, 5A,B, 6F,G
2021Amaltheus margaritatus Nakada et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)
genusAmaltheusde Montfort 1808
speciesmargaritatusde Montford 1808

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.

†Amaltheus margaritatus de Montford 1808
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Invalid names: Ammonites acutus Sowerby 1813 [synonym], Ammonites amaltheus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ammonites foliaceus Giebel 1852 [synonym], Ammonites sedgwickii Buckman 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2212.36.1628.612.65.61
shell diameter2228.214.568.729.213.4
shell inflation228.393.3517.18.623.76

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 Kunae to the top of the Carlottense or 185.70000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Switzerland Amaltheus margaritatus (58314)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Hungary Amaltheus margaritatus (64313)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus margaritatus (200149)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus margaritatus (210789 210791 210792)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Varese) Amaltheus margaritatus (37504)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan (Toyama) Amaltheus margaritatus (222651 222653 222654 222655)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Amaltheus margaritatus (219474)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan (Niigata) Amaltheus margaritatus (222656)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus margaritatus (53611 53767)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Amaltheus margaritatus (222658)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Austria Amaltheus margaritatus (218902 218912)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Russian Federation Amaltheus margaritatus (129268 129673 129676)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Amaltheus margaritatus (218417 218418 218419 218420 218421 218422 222201 222203 222204 222207 222209)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Amaltheus margaritatus (222170)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Iran Amaltheus margaritatus (196953 196955)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Amaltheus margaritatus (109106 109561 109689)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus margaritatus (124107 124108 124109 140734 140905 146644 146645 146646 146647 147786 148032 148116 148117 148120 161631)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Germany Amaltheus margaritatus (159247)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Austria Amaltheus margaritatus (145292 145298)
Margaritatus - Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus margaritatus (148115)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Amaltheus margaritatus (222168)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Cantabria) Amaltheus margaritatus (222233 222234)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Amaltheus margaritatus (218423)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus margaritatus (146651)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Switzerland Amaltheus margaritatus (58315)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (Yukon) Amaltheus margaritatus (114775)
Carlottense184.1 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus margaritatus (200280)