Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Procheloniceras hennigi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Procheloniceras hennigi was named by Förster and Weier (1983). Its type specimen is BSP 1982 XX 60, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niongala (BSP collection), which is in an Aptian marine shale in Tanzania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Procheloniceras hennigi Förster and Weier p. 66 figs. Pl 4, figs 4,5; text-fig 12

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyDouvilleiceratoidea(Parona and Bonarelli 1897)
familyDouvilleiceratidaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
subfamilyCheloniceratinaeSpath 1923
genusProchelonicerasSpath 1923
specieshennigi

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.

Procheloniceras hennigi Förster and Weier 1983
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height150.0
shell diameter1147.0
shell inflation167.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Tanzania Procheloniceras hennigi (type locality: 174609)