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Peltoceratoides interscissus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Peltoceras interscissum was named by Uhlig (1881).

It was recombined as Prieserites interscissum by Jeannet (1951); it was recombined as Prieserites interscissus by Collignon (1959); it was recombined as Peltoceratoides interscissus by Parent (2006).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Peltoceras interscissum Uhlig
1951Prieserites interscissum Jeannet p. 187 figs. Pl 80, figs 3-5; text-figs 438-441
1959Prieserites interscissus Collignon p. XXXV fig. 189
2006Peltoceratoides interscissus Parent p. 28

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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
speciesinterscissus(Uhlig 1881)

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 height225.024.026.025.01.41
shell diameter275.972.080.076.05.66
shell inflation234.234.034.534.20.354

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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Prieserites interscissum (171559 171562 171566 171684)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Prieserites interscissus (234139)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) Peltoceratoides intercissus (136695)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Prieserites interscissus (98188)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Prieserites interscissus (234149)