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Pleuroceras spinatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites spinata was named by Bruguière (1789).

It was corrected as Ammonites spinatus by d'Orbigny (1844), Oppel (1862); it was recombined as Pleuroceras spinatum by Howarth (1956), Géczy and Meister (1998), Bardin et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Ammonites spinata Bruguière p. 40
1813Ammonites franconicus Schlotheim p. 101
1820Ammonites costatus Schlotheim p. 68
1844Ammonites spinatus d'Orbigny p. 209
1862Ammonites spinatus Oppel p. 140
1956Pleuroceras spinatum Howarth
1998Pleuroceras spinatum Géczy and Meister p. 103 figs. Pl 6, fig 7
2013Pleuroceras spinatum Bardin et al. p. 328 figs. 7A, 8A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)
genusPleurocerasHyatt 1868
speciesspinatum(Bruguière 1789)

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 spinatum Bruguière 1789
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Invalid names: Ammonites costatus Schlotheim 1820 [synonym], Ammonites franconicus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height417.816.819.817.01.68
shell diameter445.623.063.654.518.0
shell inflation425.621.428.027.83.74

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: Spinatum or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Pleuroceras spinatum (197051)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Varese) Pleuroceras spinatum (37504)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Pleuroceras spinatum (51276)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Romania Pleuroceras spinatum (221056)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain (Aragon) Pleuroceras spinatum (146761 146765 146770)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Hungary Pleuroceras spinatum (109539 109679)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2France Pleuroceras spinatum (124129 146651 146654 146655 146656 146657)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Pleuroceras spinatum (25502)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Pleuroceras spinatum (218424 218426)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Pleuroceras spinatum (228498 228500 228501 228502 228503 228504 228505 228506)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain (Cantabria) Pleuroceras spinatum (222231 222232 222233 222234 222235 222236 222237 222239)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Serbia Pleuroceras spinatum (73350)