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Peltoceratoides pressulus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nebrodites pressulus was named by Leanza (1947).

It was recombined as Peltoceratoides pressulus by Parent (2006), Parent and Garrido (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aegoceroides, P. bidens, P. choffati, P. intercissus, P. semirugosa, P. semirugosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Nebrodites pressulus Leanza
2006Peltoceratoides pressulus Parent p. 25 figs. 27A-E
2015Peltoceratoides pressulus Parent and Garrido p. 191 figs. 20-24

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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
speciespressulus(Leanza 1947)

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 height525.99.0045.634.413.8
shell diameter573.222.0134.093.041.3
shell inflation530.79.0053.636.316.6

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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Neuquen) Peltoceratoides pressulus (136305)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Neuquen) Peltoceratoides pressulus (135767 136312 165741 171546 171548 171549 171551)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile Peltoceratoides pressulus (136699)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) Peltoceratoides pressulus (136706)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina Peltoceratoides pressulus (68160)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) Peltoceratoides pressulus (136709 136712)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Argentina (Neuquen) Peltoceratoides pressulus (135765)