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Protogrammoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Wrightia Gemmellaro
1913Protogrammoceras Spath
1922Paltarpites Buckman
1923Argutarpites Buckman
1929Bassaniceras Fucini
1952Protogrammoceras Arkell p. 264
1955Protogrammoceras Howarth
1970Eoprotogrammoceras Cantaluppi
1970Neoprotogrammoceras Cantaluppi
1970Paltarpites Frebold
1992Protogrammoceras Thomson and Smith p. 40
1996Protogrammoceras Smith and Tipper p. 63
1998Protogrammoceras Géczy and Meister
2002Protogrammoceras Sepkoski p. 63
2006Protogrammoceras (Paltarpites) Bécaud p. 44
2006Protogrammoceras Hillebrandt p. 229
2006Protogrammoceras (Argutarpites) Hillebrandt p. 230
2008Protogrammoceras (Paltarpites) Bécaud p. 4
2011Fuciniceras (Paltarpites) Meister et al. p. 117.e43
2013Protogrammoceras Howarth p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyProtogrammoceratinaeMattei 1974
genusProtogrammocerasSpath 1913

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. †Protogrammoceras Spath 1913
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Subg. †Protogrammoceras (Fieldingiceras) Wiedenmayer 1980
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Invalid names: Ammonites affricense Reynes 1868 [synonym], Grammoceras penenudum Monestier 1934 [synonym], Grammoceras subnaxense Monestier 1934 [synonym]
Invalid names: Fieldingia Cantaluppi 1970 [replaced]
Subg. †Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) Wiedenmayer 1980
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Invalid names: Protogrammoceras monestieri Fischer 1975 [synonym]
†Fuciniceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Young and Bird 1828
†Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) diornatum Dommergues et al. 1985
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Invalid names: Argutarpites argutus Buckman 1923 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Bassaniceras infidum Fucini 1929 [synonym]
†Protogrammoceras ionicus Dommergues et al. 2000
†Protogrammoceras normanianum d'Orbigny 1844
†Protogrammoceras pseudodilectum Dommergues et al. 1985
†Protogrammoceras sublaeve Monestier 1934
†Protogrammoceras thevenini Collignon 1958
Invalid names: Argutarpites Buckman 1923 [synonym], Bassaniceras Fucini 1929 [objective synonym], Eoprotogrammoceras Cantaluppi 1970 [synonym], Neoprotogrammoceras Cantaluppi 1970 [synonym], Paltarpites Buckman 1922 [synonym], Wrightia Gemmellaro 1886 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height143.0----
diameter1124.0----
inflation148.5----
shell height1233.813.554.443.018.7
shell diameter1252.916.5150.061.044.4
shell inflation1230.410.055.340.821.2

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 Freboldi to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 186.70000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (381 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. nipponicum (199653 199666) P. sp. (53105) P. spp. (199612 199613 199616 199638 199639 199652 199654 199655 199658 199659 199663 199668 199674 199676 199677 199678 199690) P. spp., P. nipponicum (199610 199656)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Toarcian199.3 - 182.0Chile (Copiapó) P. sp. (223622)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Austria P. curionii, P. sp., P. bassanii (218330)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Argentina (San Juan) P. normannianum (33697) P. sp. (33699)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (British Columbia) P. kurrianum (33282 33283) P. paltum (33280 33281) P. sp. (53402 198499) P. sp., Fieldingiceras fieldingii, P. aequiondulatum, P. kurrianum, P. paltum (33284) P. sp., P. skidegatense, P. aequiondulatum, P. paltum (33278)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Hungary P. sp. (64313 154742)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom P. sp. (218415)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Hungary P. costicillatum (109112 109518 109530 109531 109587 109695) P. costicillatum, P. pseudodilectum (109153 109517)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0France P. occidentale (148179) P. pseudodilectum (148144 148147)
Davoei - Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France P. diornatum, P. isselioides (148078) P. diornatum, P. monestieri, P. isselioides, Fieldingiceras affricense (148091) P. isselioides (147952) P. sp., P. diornatum (148106)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0USA (Nevada) P. paltum (207913) P. sp. (207908) P. varicostatum (207910)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) P. spp. (200148 200149)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (210225)
Ibex - Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France P. diornatum (147794)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (4879)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0USA (Nevada) P. kurrianum (207969 207971 207985 207989 208010 208016 208018 208019 208020 208022 208024 208025 208046 208049 208051) P. paltum (207965 208015) P. tipperi (207942 207943 208003) P. tipperi, P. kurrianum (207945) P. tipperi, P. sp. (207944)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (Yukon) P. kurrianum (197544) P. kurrianum, P. paltum (196787) P. sp. (53107 197184 208180 208184) P. sp., P. aequiondulatum (208202) P. sp., P. kurrianum (208201)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Russian Federation Paltarpites sp., P. serotinum (129824) P. serotinum (129822 129823)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Varese) P. meneghinii (37504)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Austria Fuciniceras geometricum (218902)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile (Atacama) P. meneghinii (221825)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco Paltarpites sp. (200357 206667 206679 206681 206682 206687 206688 206689 206690 206691 206692 206694 206700 206702 206704 206705)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain (Granda) P. veliferum (200558)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile (Antofagasta) Paltarpites sp. (210274)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Fieldingiceras fieldingii, P. paltum (200038) Fieldingiceras sp., P. paltum (200428) P. bonarellii (53455) P. nipponicum (198460 198473) P. nipponicum, P. sp. (198418 198463) P. paltum (53462 200423) P. sp. (53102 53109 53116 53170 53171 53550 53611 53801 53815 55617 55618 55625 55627 55629 198420 198421 198424 198445 198446 198459 198461 198462 198465 198466 198470 198475 198481 198483 198484 198485 198487 198497 200057) P. sp., P. exigum (53282) P. spp. (55628 199680 200429 200432)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain (Jaén) P. bassanii (200490 200491 200492 200494) P. bassannii (200486 200489) P. bassannii, P. haasi (200487 200488) P. veliferum (200496 200497 200498 200499) P. veliferum, P. bassanii (200495 200500 200501 200502)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) P. lusitanicum, P. compressum, P. ugdulenai, P. depressum, P. fieldingi, P. normanianum (98414) P. lusitanicum, P. ugdulenai, P. compressum, P. depressum (146741) P. monestieri (146737)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Austria Phylloceras nitescens (194505) P. monestieri (145284) P. nitescens (145287)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Morocco Fuciniceras aequiondulatum (148909 148914 148915) Fuciniceras sp. (148913 148916 148922)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Iran P. nitescens (196953)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Paltarpites sp. (109566 109687) P. aequiondulatum (109097) P. fieldingii (109109 109110 109506) P. monestieri (109143 109145 109497 109526 109693) P. monestieri, P. fieldingii (109519) P. nitescens (109163)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Italy Fuciniceras fieldingii (196614 196617 196620 196621 196622 196627 196648)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Chile P. diornatum (183568) P. sp. A, P. sp. A (183564)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Arieticeras nitescens (222173)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Fieldingiceras affricense (148102) Fieldingiceras fieldingii, Fieldingiceras affricense (148049) Fieldingiceras fieldingii, P. depressum (147768) Fieldingiceras fieldingii, P. depressum, Fieldingiceras affricense (148033 148048 148050) P. depressum (147949) P. diornatum (147950 148061 148121 148176 148177) P. diornatum, P. isselioides (146352) P. diornatum, P. monestieri (146353 146354 146603 148037 148133 148134) P. diornatum, P. monestieri, P. isselioides (148132) P. diornatum, P. monestieri, P. occidentale, P. isselioides (147951) P. diornatum, P. sublaeve (148034) P. isselioides (147948 148002 148052 148174) P. monestieri (146499 148196) P. occidentale (148038 148062 148135) P. sp. (148090)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Tunisia P. kurrianum (170547)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Canada (Nunavut) P. paltum (33323)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Tunisia P. falcicostatum (170577) P. pristinum (84290) P. sp. (170610)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Hungary Paltarpites sp. (109535) P. bassanii (118887) P. sp. (148253)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Cantabria) P. veliferum (222241)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Canada (Yukon) P. sp., P. aequiondulatum (114583) P. sp., P. kurrianum (114579)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Chile P. meneghinii (181789 183578 183579 183581 183582 183589 183590 183597 183600 183607 183608 183609 183610 183611)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom P. bassanii (222196)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Morocco Fuciniceras aequiondulatum (148923) Fuciniceras sp. (148924 148925 148926 148927)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) P. aequiondulatum (32814) P. paltum (33161) P. skidegatense, P. kurrianum, P. paltum (32867) P. skidegatense, P. paltum (32868) P. sp., P. aequiondulatum, P. paltum (33277)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Switzerland P. normannianum (58315)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Japan (Yamaguchi) P. onoi, P. nipponicum, Paltarpites toyoranus (38179) P. onoi, P. nipponicum, P. sp. (38174 38175 38178) P. onoi, P. yabei, P. nipponicum, P. sp. (38183) P. onoi, P. yabei, P. nipponicum, P. sp., Paltarpites toyoranus (38181) P. yabei, P. nipponicum, P. sp. (38180 38182 38184)
Spinatum - Tenuicostatum189.6 - 182.0Hungary P. bassanii (118889)
Freboldi186.7 - 185.7Canada (British Columbia) P. sp., Fieldingiceras pseudofieldingii (33160)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (114580 114589)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (British Columbia) Fieldingiceras pseudofieldingii (32860) Fieldingiceras sp., P. sp., P. diornatum, Fieldingiceras pseudofieldingii (33119) P. diornatum, Fieldingiceras pseudofieldingii (32861 33163) P. sp. (33120 33123) P. spp. (200150 200151)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (Alberta) P. kurrianum (197683)
Carlottense184.1 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Fieldingiceras sp., P. spp., Fieldingiceras fieldingii, P. paltum (200278) P. paltum (200282) P. spp., P. paltum (200279 200284)
Carlottense184.1 - 183.0Canada (Alberta) P. paltum (197685) P. skidegatense (198517)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0USA (Nevada) P. kurrianum (207990 207991 207992 207996 208056 208057 208058 208062) P. paltum (208064 208068)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Canada (British Columbia) P. paltum (200055) P. sp. (55649 55650 55656)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granda) P. bassanii (200562 200563 200565)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (208205)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Morocco Paltarpites sp., Paltarpites paltum (200358)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain P. madagascariense (169650)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Murcia) P. bassanii (201415) P. veliferum (201416)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Jaén) P. bassanii (200503 200504 200506)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Paltarpites toyoranus (38206)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Switzerland P. sp. (58316)
Kanense183.0 - 182.0Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (114613 114617)
Kanense183.0 - 182.0Canada (British Columbia) P. paltum (32869 32870)
Kanense183.0 - 182.0Canada (Alberta) P. paltum (198518)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain (Aragon) P. madagascariense (146789 146790) P. paltum (146784 146787)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0France (Vendée) P. madagascariense (147211 147212) P. paltum (140747 140748 147217) P. sp. (140754 140755)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain P. madagascariense (114363 119574 119577 146885 169646) P. sp. (169643)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) P. madagascariense (222259) P. paltum (169498) P. sp. (169501 169502 169505 222245 222248 222252) P. sp., P. madagascariense (222254)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Paltarpites toyoranus (38173)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Algeria Paltarpites paltus, Paltarpites sp. (148282 148283)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0France Paltarpites paltus (124124 124132) Paltarpites paltus, Paltarpites sp. A (148313)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Saudi Arabia P. madagascariense (141470 184560 184571)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Hungary Paltarpites paltus (118886)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (57872)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Saudi Arabia P. madagascariensis (48715) P. masdagascariense (45186)