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Puncticeras pompeckji

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Cheiloceras pompeckji was named by Wedekind (1918). It is the type species of Puncticeras.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cheiloceras (Staffites) ovatum by Petersen (1975); it was recombined as Cheiloceras (Puncticeras) pompeckji by Becker (1993); it was recombined as Puncticeras pompeckji by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Cheiloceras pompeckji Wedekind p. 146 fig. 46g
1993Cheiloceras (Puncticeras) pompeckji Becker
2002Puncticeras pompeckji Korn and Klug p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyNehdenitinae
genusPuncticerasBecker 1993
speciespompeckji(Wedekind 1918)

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.

Puncticeras pompeckji Wedekind 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany Compactoceras pompeckji (187041 187042 187043 187050 187064)