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Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras eichwaldi was named by Karakash (1895).

It was recombined as Partschiceras eichwaldi by Wiedmann (1964); it was recombined as Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi by Vasicek et al. (2014), Benzaggagh (2025).

Subspecies
P. occidentale
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aureliae, P. betiokyense, P. chitinanum, P. ezoensis, P. shastalense, P. whiteavesi, P. winkleri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Phylloceras eichwaldi Karakash p. 13
1964Partschiceras eichwaldi Wiedmann
2014Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi Vasicek et al. p. 146 figs. 2J-N, 4
2025Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi Benzaggagh p. 6

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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
genusPhyllopachycerasSpath 1925
specieseichwaldi(Karakash 1895)

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.

†Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi Karakash 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height415.912.519.016.42.72
shell diameter427.921.533.029.24.87
shell inflation42.801.604.003.201.20

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 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi (240071)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi (240072 240075)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi (240076)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Serbia Phyllopachyceras eichwaldi (169573 169576 169584 169585 169586 169590 169593)