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Rollierites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Rollierites was named by Jeannet (1951).

It was corrected as Rollerites by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pachyceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957), Jain and Mazur (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Rollierites Jeannet p. 124
1957Rollierites Arkell et al. p. 297
2002Rollerites Sepkoski
2021Rollierites Jain and Mazur p. 407

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPachyceratidaeBuckman 1918
genusRollierites

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.

G. †Rollierites Jeannet 1951
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Rollierites biplicatum Jain and Mazur 2021
Rollierites dimidiatum Jeannet 1951
Rollierites minuendum Jeannet 1951
Rollierites tenue Jeannet 1951
Rollierites tuba Jeannet 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1317.411.038.016.58.82
shell diameter1351.727.5118.050.028.7
shell inflation1320.410.552.020.013.0

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: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia R. sp. (48585)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland R. dimidiatum (171552 171598)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland R. biplicatum (228420)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland R. dimidiatum (171737) R. minuendum (171592 171703 171736) R. minuendum, R. tuba, R. dimidiatum (171593 171734) R. tenue (171733) R. tuba, R. tenue (171605)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France R. minuendum (60617 60618) R. sp. (60564)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland R. minuendum, R. dimidiatum, R. tenue (171624)