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Pseuduptonia micromphala

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Uptonia micromphala was named by Pia (1913). It is the type species of Epideroceras (Pseuduptonia).

It was recombined as Epideroceras (Pseuduptonia) micromphalum by Bremer (1965); it was recombined as Pseuduptonia micromphala by Alkaya and Meister (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Uptonia micromphala Pia figs. Pl 14, fig 4
1965Epideroceras (Pseuduptonia) micromphalum Bremer
1995Pseuduptonia micromphala Alkaya and Meister p. 147 figs. Pl 6, figs 15,17; text-fig 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPhricodoceratidae(Spath 1938)
genusPseuduptonia()
speciesmicromphala(Pia 1913)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.417.020.018.52.12
shell diameter248.445.052.048.54.95
shell inflation217.416.019.017.52.12

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian196.5 - 183.0Turkey Epideroceras micromphalum (218660)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Turkey Epideroceras micromphalum (218658)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Turkey Epideroceras micromphalum (218656)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Turkey Pseuduptonia micromphala (147303 147306 147307 147308)