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Peltoceratoides elisabethae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Peltoceratoides elisabethae was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed E.1, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate marl in Switzerland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Peltoceratoides elisabethae Jeannet p. 185 figs. Pl 78, fig 3; text-figs 431, 432

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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
specieselisabethae

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
partNmean
shell height125.0
shell diameter175.0
shell inflation133.0

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: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Peltoceratoides elisabethae (type locality: 171566)