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Pinacoceras metternichi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pinacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites metternichi was named by Hauer (1846). It is the type species of Pinacoceras.

It was recombined as Pinacoceras metternichi by von Mojsisovics (1873), von Mojsisovics (1902), Spath (1951), Bychkov (1985), Shevyrev (1990).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites metternichi Hauer
1873Pinacoceras metternichi von Mojsisovics p. 60 figs. Pl 26, fig 1
1873Pinacoceras postparma von Mojsisovics p. 61 figs. Pl 26, fig 4
1902Pinacoceras metternichi von Mojsisovics p. 295 figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1902Pinacoceras postparma von Mojsisovics p. 295
1951Pinacoceras metternichi Spath p. 166
1985Pinacoceras metternichi Bychkov p. 23 figs. Pl 7, fig 3; pl 1, fig 4
1990Pinacoceras metternichi Shevyrev p. 142 figs. Pl 7, fig 5; text-fig 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPinacoceratidaeMojsisovics 1879
genusPinacoceras
speciesmetternichi(Hauer 1846)

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.

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Invalid names: Pinacoceras postparma von Mojsisovics 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2252.0165.0385.0275.0155.6
shell diameter2450.6290.0700.0495.0289.9
shell inflation236.921.065.043.031.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Sevatian or 215.38000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian - Alaunian227.3 - 211.18Russian Federation Pinacoceras metternichi (136164)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Russian Federation Pinacoceras metternichi (136160)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Nepal Pinacoceras metternichi (92142)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Austria Pinacoceras postparma (159540 159546 159565)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Tajikistan Pinacoceras metternichi (151033)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Pinacoceras metternichi (159543 159544) Pinacoceras parma (159556)