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Proniceras pronum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites pronus was named by Oppel (1868). Its type specimen is BSPG-AS/III/211, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Proniceras.

It was recombined as Proniceras pronum by Frau et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. garaense, P. jacobi, P. pseudonegreli, P. simile, P. toucasi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Ammonites pronus Oppel p. 91 figs. Pl 15, figs 8a,b, 9a-c, 11a,b
2016Proniceras pronum Frau et al. p. 196 figs. 3Q-X

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusProniceras
speciespronum(Oppel 1868)

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.

†Proniceras pronum Oppel 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.49.5013.711.62.97
shell diameter231.824.641.132.911.7
shell inflation212.810.016.413.24.53

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: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.06000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1France Proniceras sp. (174769 174771 174784)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0France Proniceras pronum (174787 174789 174792 180140) Proniceras sp. (174786)