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Procheloniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Procheloniceras was named by Spath (1923) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-l]. Its type is Ammonites stobieckii.

It was reranked as Cheloniceras (Procheloniceras) by Anderson (1938).

It was assigned to Cheloniceras by Anderson (1938); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheloniceratinae by Förster and Weier (1983), Landra et al. (2000), Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Procheloniceras Spath
1938Cheloniceras (Procheloniceras) Anderson p. 179
1983Procheloniceras Förster and Weier p. 66
2000Procheloniceras Landra et al. p. 41
2002Procheloniceras Sepkoski
2007Procheloniceras Szives p. 61

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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

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. †Procheloniceras Spath 1923
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†Procheloniceras hennigi Förster and Weier 1983
†Procheloniceras stobieckii d'Orbigny 1850
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: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) P. albrechtiaustriae (50461) P. amadei (50440)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Granada) P. amadei (50411)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy P. sporadicum (82831)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57USA (Texas) P. albrechtiaustriae (52912 84438)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain (Murcia) P. albrechtiaustriae (50457 50458 50459)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain (Granada) P. albrechtiaustriae (50402 50403 50404)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Tanzania P. hennigi (174609)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57South Africa P. sp. (65844)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Morocco (Western High Atlas) P. pachystephanum, P. stobieckii-albrechtiaustriae, P. stobieckii (2069)