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Palermoceras hoffmanni

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Palermoceratidae

Taxonomy
Adrianites (Hoffmannia) hoffmanni was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Glyphioceras hoffmanni by de Gregorio (1930); it was recombined as Hoffmannia hoffmanni by Leonova (2002); it was recombined as Palermoceras hoffmanni by Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Adrianites (Hoffmannia) hoffmanni Gemmellaro p. 47 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-5
1888Adrianites (Hoffmannia) hoffmanni Gemmellaro p. 18 figs. Pl C, fig 18
1930Glyphioceras hoffmanni de Gregorio p. 11
2002Hoffmannia hoffmanni Leonova
2009Palermoceras hoffmanni Furnish et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAdrianitoidea(Schindewolf 1931)
familyPalermoceratidae()
genusPalermoceras
specieshoffmanni()

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.

Palermoceras hoffmanni Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height25.485.006.005.500.707
shell diameter220.217.024.020.54.95
shell inflation212.210.015.012.53.54

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Adrianites hoffmanni (type locality: 108567) Glyphioceras hoffmanni (233340)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Malaysia (Kelantan) Adrianites hoffmanni (211368)