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Paltechioceras romanicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Taxonomy
Arietites romanicus was named by Uhlig (1900). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Vermiceras romanicum by Onetti (1915); it was recombined as Paltechioceras romanicum by Bremer (1965), Alkaya and Meister (1995), Blau (1998), Geczy and Meister (2007), Zaitsev and Ippolitov (2023), Vitón et al. (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Arietites boesei Uhlig
1900Arietites herbichi Uhlig
1900Arietites romanicus Uhlig
1900Arietites waehneri Uhlig
1913Arietites orientale Pia
1915Vermiceras boesei Onetti
1915Vermiceras romanicum Onetti
1965Paltechioceras boesei Bremer
1965Paltechioceras romanicum Bremer
1965Paltechioceras romanicum anatolicum Bremer
1995Paltechioceras romanicum Alkaya and Meister p. 142 figs. Pl 4,figs 6,8-20
1998Paltechioceras romanicum Blau p. 211 figs. Pl 10, figs 10,13,16,18
2007Paltechioceras romanicum Geczy and Meister
2023Paltechioceras romanicum Zaitsev and Ippolitov p. 256 figs. Pl 8, figs 2,3
2024Paltechioceras romanicum Vitón et al. p. 79 figs. 7D, 9J-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
genusPaltechiocerasBuckman 1924
speciesromanicum(Uhlig 1900)

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: Arietites boesei Uhlig 1900 [synonym], Arietites herbichi Uhlig 1900 [synonym], Arietites orientale Pia 1913 [synonym], Arietites waehneri Uhlig 1900 [synonym], Paltechioceras romanicum anatolicum Bremer 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height78.203.5016.010.04.64
shell diameter738.117.093.545.027.1
shell inflation723.010.062.022.019.9

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: Late/Upper Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Paltechioceras romanicum (200605 200606)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Paltechioceras romanicum (53653)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary Paltechioceras romanicum (78782 78784)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Türkiye Paltechioceras romanicum (147281 147285 147329 147343)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Austria Paltechioceras romanicum (189200)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Spain Paltechioceras romanicum (237670)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Portugal Paltechioceras romanicum (159044 237688 237690 237691 237692 237694 237716 237717 237719 237721 237722 237723 237724 237726 237736)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Crimea) Paltechioceras romanicum (230735)