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Palaeoechioceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Echioceratidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoechioceras was named by Spath (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Echioceras by Bremer (1965).

It was assigned to Echioceratidae by Geczy and Meister (2007), Howarth (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Protechioceras Trueman and Williams
1929Palaeoechioceras Spath
1956Hypechioceras Spath
2007Palaeoechioceras Geczy and Meister
2013Palaeoechioceras Howarth p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
genusPalaeoechiocerasSpath 1929

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.

G. †Palaeoechioceras Spath 1929
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Palaeoechioceras spirale Trueman and Williams 1927
Palaeoechioceras suemegensis Geczy and Meister 2007
Invalid names: Hypechioceras Spath 1956 [synonym], Protechioceras Trueman and Williams 1927 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.0
shell diameter1105.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Obtusum to the top of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco P. pierrei (200508 200513 200515 200610 200611) P. sp. (200474 200475 200582)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Mexico (Sonora) P. sp. (208257)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Protechioceras formosum (78209)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) P. spirale (159471 159472 159473 159474 159476)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) P. suemegensis (81576)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) P. spirale (159479) P. typus, P. spirale (159478)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Mexico (Sonora) P. sp. (208260)