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Zetoceras zetes

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites zetes was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phylloceras (Zetoceras) zetes by Westermann (1969), Wright et al. (1996); it was recombined as Zetoceras zetes by Alkaya and Meister (1995), Géczy and Meister (1998), Meister and Friebe (2003), Geczy and Meister (2007), Meister et al. (2011), Zaitsev and Ippolitov (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. bonarelli, Z. complanatum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites heterophyllus amalthei Quenstedt p. 100 figs. Pl. 6, Fig 1
1850Ammonites zetes d'Orbigny
1908Phylloceras pseudozetes Fucini
1969Phylloceras (Zetoceras) zetes Westermann p. 36 figs. Pl 8, fig 4; text-fig 11
1977Zetoceras pseudozetes Wiedenmeyer
1995Zetoceras zetes Alkaya and Meister p. 136 figs. Pl 2, fig 6; pl 3, fig 4; text-fig 17
1996Phylloceras (Zetoceras) zetes Wright et al. p. 1
1998Zetoceras zetes Géczy and Meister p. 94 figs. Pl 2, figs 2,3; pl 3, figs 1,4
2003Zetoceras zetes Meister and Friebe
2007Zetoceras zetes Geczy and Meister
2011Zetoceras zetes Meister et al. p. 117.e2 fig. 6.1
2023Zetoceras zetes Zaitsev and Ippolitov p. 232 figs. Pl 1, figs 1, 2, 4, 15; pl 2, figs 1, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusZetocerasKovacs 1939
specieszetes()

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.

†Zetoceras zetes d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Ammonites heterophyllus amalthei Quenstedt 1846 [replaced], Phylloceras pseudozetes Fucini 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height194.0----
diameter1178.0----
inflation119.0----
shell height1430.719.052.032.013.7
shell diameter1468.534.0220.062.549.4
shell inflation144.112.006.005.001.44

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Semicostatum to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 199.50000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Zetoceras zetes (200472 200474 200475 200476 200505 200507 200610)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Zetoceras zetes (78278)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Zetoceras zetes (78209)
Obtusum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary Zetoceras zetes (78796)
Obtusum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Zetoceras zetes (78210)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Crimea) Zetoceras zetes (230735)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (78630)
Raricostatum - Davoei199.5 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (78690)
Raricostatum - Jamesoni199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Zetoceras zetes (147286)
Semicostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (78688)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (109153 109517 109518 109587)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovakia Zetoceras zetes (218340)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Austria Zetoceras zetes (194504)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Zetoceras zetes (81547 81548 81549)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (78858 78861)
Ibex - Davoei192.9 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (78852)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Austria Zetoceras zetes (194498 194500 194501)
Jamesoni - Davoei192.9 - 184.2Austria Zetoceras zetes (194503)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Zetoceras zetes (147302 147326)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (109097 109099 109100 109104 109106 109108 109109 109110 109138 109143 109152 109491 109492 109494 109495 109496 109497 109499 109501 109510 109514 109515 109519 109526 109693 109694)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Russian Federation Zetoceras zetes (50221 50223)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Zetoceras zetes (50222)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Austria Zetoceras zetes (194505)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Austria Zetoceras zetes (218330)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Zetoceras zetes (148937)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Hungary Zetoceras zetes (118887)
Spinatum - Tenuicostatum192.9 - 182.9Hungary Zetoceras zetes (109576)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Hungary Zetoceras zetes (118886)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Phylloceras zetes (175656)