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Pachyceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Pachyceratidae Buckman
1952Pachyceratidae Arkell p. 289
1957Pachyceratidae Arkell et al. p. 296
2009Pachyceratidae Bert p. 473
2017Pachyceratidae Jain p. 142
2021Pachyceratidae Jain and Mazur p. 407

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPachyceratidaeBuckman 1918
familyPachyceratidaeBuckman 1918

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.

Fm. †Pachyceratidae Buckman 1918
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G. †Erymnoceras Hyatt 1900
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Subg. †Erymnoceras (Pachyerymnoceras) Howarth 1998
Erymnoceras ajax d'Orbigny 1850
Erymnoceras baylei Jeannet 1951
Erymnoceras coronoides Quenstedt 1887
Erymnoceras doliforme Roman 1930
Erymnoceras nodosum Jeannet 1951
Erymnoceras philbyi Arkell 1952
G. †Erymnocerites Jeannet 1951
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Erymnocerites argoviensis Jeannet 1951
Erymnocerites greppini Jeannet 1951
Erymnocerites leuthardti Jeannet 1951
G. †Kurnubiella Gill et al. 1985
G. †Pachyceras Bayle 1878
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Pachyceras lalandeanum d'Orbigny 1848
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Pachyerymnoceras jarryi Douvillé 1912
G. †Rollierites Jeannet 1951
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Rollierites biplicatum Jain and Mazur 2021
Rollierites dimidiatum Jeannet 1951
Rollierites minuendum Jeannet 1951
Rollierites tenue Jeannet 1951
Rollierites tuba Jeannet 1951
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Tornquistes helvetiae Tornquist 1894
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Invalid names: Aspidoceras nicolisi Parona 1885 [synonym], Macrocephalites kobyi de Loriol 1896 [synonym], Macrocephalites liesbergensis de Loriol 1896 [synonym], Macrocephalites oxfordiense Tornquist 1894 [synonym], Macrocephalites tornquisti de Loriol 1896 [synonym], Tornquistes romani Douvillé 1912 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tornquistes (Pachytornquistes) Thierry and Charpy 1982 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Middle Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Erymnoceras jarryi (2562 2600)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Jahar) Erymnoceras jarryi (2559)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Erymnoceras schloenbachi (48600) Erymnoceras sp., Pachyerymnoceras sp., Pachyerymnoceras levantinense, Erymnoceras schloenbachi (48604) Erymnoceras sp., Pachyerymnoceras sp., Rollierites sp. (48585) Kurnubiella hatirae (45550) Kurnubiella hatirae, Erymnoceras ajax (47890) Kurnubiella hatirae, Pachyerymnoceras sp. (47894 47900) Kurnubiella hatirae, Pachyerymnoceras sp., P. sp. (47895) Pachyceras indicum, Pachyceras jarryi, Pachyceras lalandeanum (47882 47910) P. sp. (47876) Pachyerymnoceras sp. (46625 47849 47889 48602) Pachyerymnoceras sp., Erymnoceras doliforme (47883 47884) Pachyerymnoceras sp., P. sp. (47875)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Pachyceras sp. (68657)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Basse-Normandie) Ammonites lalandeanus (234366)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Erymnoceras dorothea (98136)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland Rollierites biplicatum (228420)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) Pachyerymnoceras mahipati (184593) Pachyerymnoceras sp. A (184594)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Erymnoceras doliforme (171702) Erymnoceras doliforme, Rollierites dimidiatum (171552) Rollierites dimidiatum (171598)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Kurnubiella hatirae, Erymnoceras ajax (141486) Kurnubiella hatirae, Pachyerymnoceras sp., Pachyceratidae indet. (141411)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Erymnoceras jarryi (184550) Erymnoceras philbyi (184539 184548 184552) Erymnoceras philbyi, Pachyceras schloenbachi (184549) Erymnoceras triplicatum (184540) Kurnubiella hatirae, Pachyerymnoceras sp. (141408) Pachyerymnoceras levantinense, Pachyceratidae indet. (141501) Pachyerymnoceras sp. (141533 141534)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Erymnoceras baylei, Erymnoceras coronoides, Rollierites minuendum (60617 60618) Erymnoceras doliforme (60543 60552) Erymnoceras sp. (60434 60436 170212) Erymnoceras sp., Rollierites sp. (60564)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Erymnoceras argoviense (62270) Erymnoceras sp. (62271 62272)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Erymnoceras ajax, Rollierites tuba, Rollierites tenue (171605) Erymnoceras baylei, Erymnoceras schloenbachi, Erymnoceras ajax (171732) Erymnoceras doliforme (171557 171596 171627 171700 171701 171731) Erymnoceras doliforme, Erymnoceras coronoides, Erymnoceras schloenbachi, Erymnoceras ajax, Erymnocerites argoviensis, Rollierites minuendum (171592) Erymnoceras doliforme, Erymnoceras coronoides, Erymnocerites leuthardti (171761) Erymnoceras doliforme, Erymnoceras nodosum (171595) Erymnoceras doliforme, Erymnoceras nodosum, Rollierites minuendum, Rollierites tuba, Rollierites dimidiatum (171593) Erymnoceras doliforme, Rollierites minuendum (171703) Erymnoceras nodosum, Rollierites minuendum, Rollierites tuba, Rollierites dimidiatum (171734) Erymnoceras sp., Erymnoceras doliforme, Erymnoceras baylei, Erymnoceras nodosum, Erymnoceras schloenbachi, Erymnoceras ajax, Rollierites tenue (171733) Erymnocerites leuthardti (171735) Rollierites dimidiatum (171737) Rollierites minuendum (171736)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Erymnocerites argoviensis, Erymnocerites greppini (171585) Erymnocerites leuthardti, Erymnocerites argoviensis, Erymnocerites greppini (171568) Erymnocerites leuthardti, Erymnocerites greppini, Rollierites minuendum, Rollierites dimidiatum, Rollierites tenue (171624)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Pachyerymnoceras sp., Erymnoceras doliforme (34544)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Pachyceras kobyi, Pachyceras liesbergensis, Pachyceras romani (12286 12287)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Tornquistes helvetiae (163890 163893)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Tornquistes sp. (12980)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain Tornquistes helveticae (142572)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Egypt Pachyceras sp. (171258)