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Liparoceras (Becheiceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Liparoceras (Becheiceras) Frebold
1996Liparoceras (Becheiceras) Smith and Tipper p. 52
2003Liparoceras (Becheiceras) Meister and Friebe
2006Liparoceras (Becheiceras) Hillebrandt p. 113
2013Liparoceras (Becheiceras) Howarth p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusLiparocerasHyatt 1867
subgenusBecheiceras(Trueman 1918)

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.

Subg. †Liparoceras (Becheiceras) Trueman 1918
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Invalid names: Ammonites bechei d'Orbigny 1844 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height274.0--74.0-
shell diameter271.240.5125.082.859.8
shell inflation212.0--12.0-

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 Kunae to the top of the Ibex or 185.10000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Liparoceras bechei (218903)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Argentina Liparoceras bechei (181910)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France Liparoceras bechei (148143) Liparoceras bechei, Liparoceras gallicum (147970) Liparoceras gallicum (146453 146621 147695 147772 147954 148040 148041 148055 148063 148064 148122 148129 148141 148181) Liparoceras sp. (146622 148008 148010 148054)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Hungary Liparoceras gallicum (109112)
Davoei - Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Liparoceras bechei, Liparoceras gallicum (148106) Liparoceras gallicum (147792 147952 147953 148078 148091)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Liparoceras bechei (81548 81549 81550)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Liparoceras bechei (170524)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Morocco Liparoceras gallicum (203733)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Becheiceras bechei (147302)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Nevada) Liparoceras sp. (207945)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Liparoceras bechei (53746)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Liparoceras nautiliforme (204120)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Morocco Liparoceras bechei (148907)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Austria Becheiceras bechei (145292)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Hungary Liparoceras bechei (109109 109527 109577) Liparoceras gallicum (109146 109496 109693) Lytoceras gallicum (109152)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Liparoceras gallicum (146354 146355 146603 147950 147951 148032 148037 148061 148121 148132 148136 148137 148175 148178 148197) Liparoceras sp. (146352 146353)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Liparoceras bechei, Liparoceras gallicum (238697)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Liparoceras bechei (33189 33240 33267)
Kunae185.1 - 183.5Canada (British Columbia) Liparoceras bechei (33119 33143)