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Pleuroceras transiens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Amaltheus transiens was named by Frentzen (1937).

It was recombined as Pleuroceras transiens by Howarth (1956) and Bardin et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Amaltheus transiens Frentzen p. 99 figs. Pl 4, figs 22-27
1956Pleuroceras transiens Howarth
2013Pleuroceras transiens Bardin et al. p. 324 figs. 5M-O, 6A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)
genusPleurocerasHyatt 1868
speciestransiens(Frentzen 1937)

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.

Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height89.966.8713.810.32.86
shell diameter824.713.638.624.79.07
shell inflation88.685.4913.79.503.12

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: Spinatum or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Pleuroceras transiens (38105 218423)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France Pleuroceras transiens (146649 146650)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Serbia and Montenegro Pleuroceras transiens (73350)