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Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Parawedekindia Sepkoski
2011Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) Alberti et al. p. 8
2021Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) Jain and Mazur p. 411

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusPeltoceratoides
subgenusParawedekindia

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1917.79.0029.217.55.08
shell diameter1950.325.587.049.016.9
shell inflation1920.010.043.019.08.51

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: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India Parawedekindia sp. (68644) Parawedekindia torosus (68647)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Poland Peltoceratoides arduennensis (228422)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Peltoceratoides gerberi (228421)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India (Gujarat) Peltoceratoides arduennensis (163870 163872 182038)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Parawedekindia arduennensis (171491 171765) Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia choffati (171559 171586) Parawedekindia choffati (171561 171662 171766) Parawedekindia sp., Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia choffati (171562) Parawedekindia torosa (171566)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Parawedekindia arduennensis (98175) Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia torosa (98188) Parawedekindia trifurcata, Parawedekindia choffati, Parawedekindia torosa (98176)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India (Gujarat) Peltoceratoides arduennensis (163871 163873)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Peltoceras arduennense (163717 163718)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar Parawedekindia trifurcata, Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia choffati, Parawedekindia torosa (234235)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Parawedekindia arduennensis (234149)