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Pharciceras amplexum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pharciceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites amplexus was named by Hall (1886). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pharciceras amplexum by House (1962), Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008), Bockwinkel et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Goniatites amplexus Hall
1962Pharciceras amplexum House
2002Pharciceras amplexum Korn and Klug p. 142
2008Pharciceras amplexum House and Kirchgasser p. 89 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-8; text-figs 26D-H
2013Pharciceras amplexum Bockwinkel et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderPharciceratina(Korn 1998)
superfamilyPharciceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPharciceratidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyPharciceratinaeHyatt 1900
genusPharcicerasHyatt 1884
speciesamplexum(Hall 1886)

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.

Pharciceras amplexum Hall 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height59.626.0012.510.02.41
shell diameter529.017.539.630.58.08
shell inflation513.310.018.013.32.94

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Pharciceras amplexum (135985 135987 135988 135989 135990)