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Phylloceras

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras was named by Suess (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 730]. Its type is Ammonites heterophyllus. It is the type genus of Phylloceratinae.

It was reranked as Ammonites (Phylloceras) by Meneghini (1875).

It was assigned to Ammonites by Meneghini (1875); to Ammonoidea by Stanton (1895); to Lytoceratidae by von Mojsisovics (1896); to Phylloceratidae by Reyment (1955), Förster (1975), Murphy (1975), Wiedmann (1979), Renz (1982), Förster and Weier (1983) and Khiami and Murphy (1988); to Phylloceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phylloceratinae by Westermann (1969), Imlay and Jones (1970), Verma and Westermann (1973), Kennedy and Klinger (1977), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Klinger (1985), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Reboulet (1996), Wright et al. (1996), Blau (1998), Kennedy (1999), Kennedy and Summesberger (1999), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Meister and Friebe (2003), Pallini et al. (2004), Murphy and Rodda (2006), Hillebrandt (2006), Alsen (2006), Macchioni et al. (2006), Szives (2007), Grigore (2011), Grigore (2013), Sato and Yamada (2014), Seyed-Emami et al. (2018), Kennedy and Morris (2018) and El Qot (2018).

Species
P. (Geyeroceras), P. (Goretophylloceras), P. (Gyrophylloceras) (syn. P. (Gyrophyllites)), P. (Hypophylloceras) (syn. Hyporbulites), P. (Phylloceras), P. (Triphyllites), P. album, P. asperaense, P. bakeri, P. burckhardti, P. contrarium, P. cylindricoides, P. doderleinianum, P. duodecimsulcatum, P. empedoclis, P. gargantuum, P. glennense, P. guettardi, P. haloricum, P. hebertinum (syn. P. submeneghinii, P. frondosum, P. subfrondosum), P. hebertinus, P. heterophyllum, P. insulare, P. isotypum, P. knoxvillense (syn. P. capellense), P. kudernatschi, P. kunthi, P. lipoldi, P. lodaiense, P. meneghinii (syn. P. ancylonotus), P. micipsa, P. nilsoni, P. occiduale, P. persanense (syn. P. infraliasicum), P. praeposterium, P. psilomorphum (syn. P. hungaricum), P. rouyanum, P. saxonicum, P. semistriatum, P. semisulcatum, P. seresitense, P. serum, P. shastalense, P. subplicatius, P. supraliasicum, P. timothyi, P. trifoliatum, P. velaini, P. vicarum
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. chilense, P. geyeri, P. glaber, P. masiaposensum, P. mazenoti, P. omkuchanicum, P. plicatissimum, P. subramosum, P. triasicum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Phylloceras Suess
1875Ammonites (Phylloceras) Meneghini
1895Phylloceras Stanton p. 72
1896Phylloceras von Mojsisovics
1902Phylloceras shastalense Anderson p. 80 figs. Plate IV, Figs. 112-115
1938Phylloceras shastalense Anderson pp. 141 - 142 figs. Plate 12,. figure 6
1955Phylloceras Reyment p. 12
1969Phylloceras Westermann p. 36
1970Phylloceras Imlay and Jones p. B3
1973Phylloceras Verma and Westermann p. 162
1975Phylloceras Förster p. 139
1975Phylloceras Murphy p. 14
1977Phylloceras Kennedy and Klinger p. 351
1979Phylloceras Cooper and Kennedy p. 177
1979Phylloceras Wiedmann p. 284
1982Phylloceras Renz p. 33
1983Phylloceras Förster and Weier p. 55
1984Phylloceras Wright and Kennedy p. 38
1985Phylloceras Klinger p. 3
1988Phylloceras Khiami and Murphy p. 589
1993Phylloceras Ward and Kennedy p. 15
1994Phylloceras Kennedy p. 216
1995Phylloceras Kennedy p. 388
1996Phylloceras Reboulet p. 181
1996Phylloceras Wright et al. p. 1
1998Phylloceras Blau p. 195
1999Phylloceras Kennedy p. 643
1999Phylloceras Kennedy and Summesberger p. 24
2000Phylloceras Arkadiev et al. p. 96
2002Phylloceras Sepkoski
2003Phylloceras Meister and Friebe
2004Phylloceras Pallini et al. p. 4 figs. pl.2, fig.1
2006Phylloceras Alsen p. 122
2006Phylloceras Hillebrandt p. 35
2006Phylloceras Macchioni et al. p. 559
2006Phylloceras Murphy and Rodda pp. 23 - 24
2007Phylloceras Szives p. 46
2011Phylloceras Grigore p. 191
2013Phylloceras Grigore p. 82
2014Phylloceras Sato and Yamada p. 26
2018Phylloceras El Qot p. 148
2018Phylloceras Kennedy and Morris p. 86
2018Phylloceras Seyed-Emami et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPhyllocerasSuess 1865

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.

G. †Phylloceras Suess 1865
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Subg. †Phylloceras (Geyeroceras) Hyatt 1900
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†Geyeroceras cylindricum Sowerby 1833
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Invalid names: Phylloceras bielzii Herbich 1878 [synonym], Phylloceras szadeczkyi Vadász 1908 [synonym]
Subg. †Phylloceras (Gyrophylloceras) Howarth 2018
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Invalid names: Phylloceras (Gyrophyllites) Wiedmann 1963 [replaced]
Subg. †Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924
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Subg. †Hypophylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924
†Hypophylloceras danubiense Vasicek et al. 2014
†Hypophylloceras nera Paulcke 1906
†Hypophylloceras onoense Stanton 1895
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Invalid names: Phylloceras paquieri Sayn 1896 [synonym]
†Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) aphrodite Fallot and Termier 1923
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Invalid names: Hyporbulites seresitensis raynaudiensis Collignon 1956 [synonym], Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) vohipalense Collignon 1962 [synonym], Phylloceras angolaense Haughton 1924 [synonym], Phylloceras boulei Collignon 1928 [synonym], Phylloceras tanit Pervinquiére 1907 [synonym]
†Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi van Hoepen and Hoepen 1921
Invalid names: Hyporbulites Breistroffer 1947 [synonym]
Subg. †Phylloceras (Phylloceras) Suess 1865
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Invalid names: Phylloceras leptoptychum Herbich 1878 [synonym]
Subg. †Phylloceras (Triphyllites) Jullien 1911
†Phylloceras album Quenstedt 1888
†Phylloceras asperaense Hillebrandt 2000
†Phylloceras bakeri Imlay 1953
†Phylloceras burckhardti Crickmay 1933
†Phylloceras contrarium Imlay and Jones 1970
†Phylloceras cylindricoides Krumbeck 1923
†Phylloceras duodecimsulcatum Collignon 1959
†Phylloceras empedoclis Gemmellaro 1872
†Phylloceras gargantuum Anderson 1958
†Phylloceras glennense Anderson 1945
†Phylloceras guettardi Anthula 1899
†Phylloceras haloricum Hauer 1854
†Phylloceras hebertinum Reynes 1868
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Invalid names: Phylloceras frondosum Reynes 1868 [synonym], Phylloceras submeneghinii Krumbeck 1922 [synonym]
†Phylloceras hebertinus Reynes 1868
†Phylloceras heterophyllum Sowerby 1820
†Phylloceras insulare Waagen 1875
†Phylloceras isotypum Benecke 1866
†Phylloceras knoxvillense Stanton 1895
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Invalid names: Phylloceras capellense Anderson 1945 [synonym]
†Phylloceras kunthi Neumayr 1871
†Phylloceras lipoldi Hauer 1854
†Phylloceras lodaiense Waagen 1875
†Phylloceras meneghinii Gemmellaro 1874
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Invalid names: Phylloceras ancylonotus De Stefani 1887 [synonym]
†Phylloceras micipsa Coquand 1880
†Phylloceras nilsoni Hebert 1900
†Phylloceras occiduale Canavari 1882
†Phylloceras persanense Herbich 1878
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Invalid names: Phylloceras infraliasicum Vadász 1908 [synonym]
†Phylloceras praeposterium Fontannes 1876
†Phylloceras psilomorphum Neumayr 1879
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Invalid names: Phylloceras hungaricum Vadász 1908 [synonym]
†Phylloceras rouyanum d'Orbigny 1840
†Phylloceras saxonicum Neumayr 1871
†Phylloceras semistriatum d'Orbigny 1840
†Phylloceras semisulcatum d'Orbigny 1842
†Phylloceras seresitense Pervinquière 1907
†Phylloceras serum Oppel 1865
†Phylloceras subplicatius Burckhardt 1912
†Phylloceras supraliasicum Pompeckj 1893
†Phylloceras timothyi Anderson 1945
†Phylloceras trifoliatum Neumayr 1871
†Phylloceras velaini Munier-Chalmas in Haug 1891
†Phylloceras vicarum Waagen 1875
Invalid names: Phylloceras shastalense Anderson 1902 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. N. Khiami and M. A. Murphy 1988Characterized by joint occurrence of constrictions, compressed, finely lirate, highly involute shell.
M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 2006A genus of the subfamily Phylloceratinae with the following combination of characters: oval cross section, ornamentation of riblets, internal mold smooth, main saddle diphyllic or triphyllic.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1824.313.676.019.418.3
diameter1845.326.0132.036.733.9
inflation184.812.0010.95.152.33
shell height4520.55.9080.019.618.9
shell diameter4538.310.9142.037.930.4
shell inflation452.380.00111.72.602.52

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 237.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (1013 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary P. triasicum (70800)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3Hungary P. triasicum (42783)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Sinemurian208.5 - 189.6Austria Geyeroceras cylindricum (195481 195482)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Italy (Trento) Ammonites heterophyllus (232106)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. spp. (199650)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China Nevadaphyllites psilomorphus (73928)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Austria P. occiduale (173597)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) Nevadaphyllites psilomorphus (157381 157388) P. asperaense (157391) P. sp. (157527)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) P. psilomorphum (208915)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Peru P. chilense (209044)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany P. sp. (36814)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany P. velledaeformis (64128 64136 64142 64143)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain P. woodsi (67002)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Hypophylloceras sp. (185377)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria P. sp. (48008)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Hungary Hypophylloceras sp. (198668)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) P. subramosum (64608 64610)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Hypophylloceras sp. (185495) P. sp. (83778 83794)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0North Pacific Hypophylloceras sp. (209770 209771 209772)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile Hypophylloceras nera (83613)