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Amaltheinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Amaltheidae Hyatt
1926Paltopleuroceratidae Spath
1955Amaltheidae Howarth
1970Amaltheidae Frebold
1996Amaltheidae Smith and Tipper
2003Amaltheinae Meister and Friebe
2013Amaltheidae Howarth p. 58
2021Amaltheinae Nakada et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)

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.

Subfm. †Amaltheinae Hyatt 1867
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G. †Amaltheus de Montfort 1808
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Subg. †Amaltheus (Amaltheus) de Montfort 1808
Subg. †Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) Frebold 1922
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†Amaltheus bifurcus Howarth 1958
†Amaltheus bondonniensis Meister 1986
†Amaltheus gibbosus Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Amaltheus turgidus Hyatt 1867 [synonym]
†Amaltheus margaritatus de Montford 1808
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Invalid names: Ammonites acutus Sowerby 1813 [synonym], Ammonites amaltheus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ammonites foliaceus Giebel 1852 [synonym], Ammonites sedgwickii Buckman 1845 [synonym]
†Amaltheus orientalis Nakada et al. 2021
†Amaltheus repressus Dagis 1976
†Amaltheus reticularis Simpson 1843
†Amaltheus salebrosum Hyatt 1867
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Invalid names: Amaltheus postremus Mattei 1985 [synonym]
†Amaltheus stokesi Sowerby 1818
†Amaltheus striatus Howarth 1955
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Invalid names: Ammonites depressus Simpson 1843 [replaced]
†Amaltheus subnodosus Young and Bird 1828
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Invalid names: Ammonites nodosus Sowerby 1815 [replaced]
†Amaltheus viligaensis Tuchkov 1954
Invalid names: Nordamaltheus Repin 1968 [synonym], Proamaltheus Lange 1932 [synonym]
G. †Amauroceras Buckman 1913
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†Amauroceras ferrugineum Simpson 1855
†Amauroceras lenticulare Young and Bird 1828
†Amauroceras wertheri Lange 1932
G. †Pleuroceras Hyatt 1868
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†Pleuroceras apyrenum Buckman 1911
†Pleuroceras birdi Simpson 1843
†Pleuroceras hawskerense Young and Bird 1828
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Invalid names: Ammonites elaboratus Simpson 1884 [synonym]
†Pleuroceras solare Phillips 1829
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Invalid names: Ammonites regularis Simpson 1855 [synonym], Paltopleuroceras pseudocostatum Richardson 1904 [synonym]
†Pleuroceras spinatum Bruguière 1789
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Invalid names: Ammonites costatus Schlotheim 1820 [synonym], Ammonites franconicus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym]
†Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen 1937
Invalid names: Paltopleuroceras Buckman 1898 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Paltopleuroceratidae Spath 1926 [synonym]
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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Kunae to the top of the Carlottense or 185.70000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (261 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus stokesi (199612 199677 199678 199685 199693)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian196.5 - 183.0Austria Amaltheus stokesi (218932)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7France Amaltheus sp. (106348)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Hungary Amaltheus margaritatus (64313)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (British Columbia) Pleuroceras sp. (53379)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7USA (Alaska) Amaltheus sp. (5225)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Romania Amaltheus stokesi, Pleuroceras spinatum (221056)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Switzerland Amaltheus sp., Amaltheus margaritatus (58314)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (Yukon) Amaltheus bifurcus (34203) Amaltheus sp. (34208) Amaltheus stokesi (53590) Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus bifurcus (34222) Pleuroceras sp., Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus bifurcus (34183)
Davoei - Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus stokesi (147952 147953) Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus bifurcus, Amaltheus bondonniensis (148091) Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus bondonniensis (148106) Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus bondonniensis, Amauroceras wertheri (148078)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi (200149)
Ibex - Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus stokesi (147794)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Pleuroceras sp., Pleuroceras spinatum (197051)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan (Toyama) Amaltheus margaritatus (222654) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi (222655) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus repressus, Amaltheus orientalis (222651) Amaltheus orientalis (222652) Amaltheus sp., Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus repressus (222653)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus margaritatus (210791) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus gibbosus (210792) Amaltheus sp. (210788 210790) Amaltheus sp., Amaltheus margaritatus, Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amaltheus gibbosus (210789)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Amaltheus sp., Pleuroceras sp., Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus subnodosus (219474)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Amaltheus margaritatus (222658) Amaltheus stokesi (222657)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Amaltheus clevelandicus, Amaltheus stokesi (204120)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Varese) Amaltheus margaritatus, Pleuroceras spinatum (37504)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan (Niigata) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi (222656)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus margaritatus (53611 53767) Amaltheus sp. (53102 53663) Amaltheus stokesi (53106 53385 53768 198420 198484 198485 198492 198500 200429) Amauroceras sp. (53728)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Pleuroceras solare, Amaltheus engelhardti, Pleuroceras spinatum, Pleuroceras salebrosum, Pleuroceras apyrenum (51276) Pleuroceras sp. (51275)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (Yukon) Amaltheus sp. (197184) Amaltheus stokesi (197542)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Russian Federation Amaltheus complanatus, Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus viligaensis (129268) Amaltheus sp. (129267 129823) Amaltheus sp., Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi (129673 129676) Amaltheus sp., Amaltheus stokesi (129821 129822) Amaltheus viligaensis (129269)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Austria Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi (218902) Amaltheus margaritatus, Pleuroceras solare (218912)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (Alberta) Amaltheus sp. (53732) Amaltheus sp., Amauroceras sp. (53706) Amaltheus stokesi (4879) Amauroceras sp. (53733)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Amaltheus gibbosus (126943) Amaltheus sp. (126925) Amaltheus stokesi (126924)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Iran Amaltheus margaritatus (196955) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus subnodosus (196953)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus subnodosus, Amaltheus striatus (222170) Amaltheus stokesi (222171 222172 222173 222174 222177 222178) Amaltheus subnodosus (222169) Amauroceras ferrugineum (222190)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Canada (Yukon) Amaltheus stokesi (114779)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Austria Amaltheus margaritatus (145298) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi (145292) Amaltheus stokesi (145287)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Amaltheus gibbosus (222206) Amaltheus margaritatus (222204 222207) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus engelhardti (222201) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus engelhardti, Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amaltheus gibbosus (222203) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus subnodosus (218417 218418) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus subnodosus, Amaltheus striatus (222209) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus subnodosus, Amauroceras ferrugineum (218419) Amaltheus sp., Amaltheus margaritatus, Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amaltheus gibbosus (218420 218421 218422) Amaltheus stokesi (218416 222211 222212 222213 222214 222216 222217 222218 222219) Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus subnodosus, Amaltheus striatus (222210) Amaltheus subnodosus, Amaltheus striatus (222208) Amauroceras ferrugineum (222205)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Amaltheus bifurcus (109146 109501 109528) Amaltheus margaritatus (109106 109561 109689) Amaltheus stokesi (109152 109499 109691 109692 109694)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus bifurcus (148197) Amaltheus gloriosus, Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus subnodosus (140905 148032) Amaltheus margaritatus (124107 124108 124109 140734 146646 148116 148117) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus engelhardti (148120) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus gibbosus (146647) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amauroceras ferrugineum (146644 147786) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amaltheus gibbosus (146645) Amaltheus sp. (147791 148036 148177) Amaltheus sp., Amauroceras sp., Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus gibbosus (161631) Amaltheus stokesi (146352 146354 146355 146499 146603 146605 147770 147951 148001 148002 148003 148004 148033 148037 148049 148050 148051 148098 148102 148133 148136 148195) Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus bifurcus (148132) Amaltheus subnodosus (147948)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) Amaltheus sp. (146754)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Germany Amaltheus margaritatus (159247)
Margaritatus - Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France Pleuroceras sp., Amaltheus margaritatus (148115)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Austria Pleuroceras solare (145294)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Algeria Pleuroceras solare (148271 148272 148273) Pleuroceras sp. (148270 148274 148276 148277)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Cantabria) Amaltheus margaritatus, Pleuroceras solare, Pleuroceras spinatum, Pleuroceras apyrenum (222234) Amaltheus margaritatus, Pleuroceras spinatum, Pleuroceras apyrenum (222233) Amauroceras sp., Pleuroceras spinatum, Pleuroceras hawskerense (222236) Pleuroceras solare (222230) Pleuroceras solare, Pleuroceras spinatum (222231 222232 222235) Pleuroceras spinatum, Pleuroceras hawskerense (222237 222239)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Hungary Pleuroceras spinatum (109539 109679)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France Amaltheus margaritatus, Pleuroceras solare, Amaltheus salebrosum, Pleuroceras spinatum (146651) Amaltheus salebrosum (146648) Pleuroceras solare (146652 146653) Pleuroceras solare, Amaltheus salebrosum, Pleuroceras transiens (146649) Pleuroceras sp. (147785) Pleuroceras spinatum (124129 146654 146655 146656 146657) Pleuroceras spinatum (124118 124119) Pleuroceras transiens (146650)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus viligaensis (33277)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Amaltheus margaritatus, Pleuroceras solare, Amauroceras ferrugineum, Pleuroceras transiens, Pleuroceras salebrosum (218423) Pleuroceras hawskerense (222195 222196 222197) Pleuroceras solare, Pleuroceras spinatum, Pleuroceras birdi, Pleuroceras salebrosum (218424) Pleuroceras sp., Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amauroceras lenticulare, Pleuroceras apyrenum, Pleuroceras hawskerense (222198) Pleuroceras spinatum (218426) Pleuroceras transiens (38105)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Amaltheus sp., Pleuroceras spinatum (228498) Pleuroceras solare (126569 228497) Pleuroceras solare, Amauroceras ferrugineum (228499) Pleuroceras spinatum (228500 228501 228502 228503 228504 228505 228506)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Amaltheus margaritatus, Pleuroceras solare (222168) Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amaltheus reticularis (222188) Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amaltheus reticularis, Pleuroceras hawskerense (222183) Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amauroceras lenticulare, Pleuroceras apyrenum, Pleuroceras hawskerense (222164) Amauroceras ferrugineum, Pleuroceras hawskerense (222163 222185 222186) Pleuroceras apyrenum (222189) Pleuroceras hawskerense (222160 222161 222162 222165 222184 222187) Pleuroceras sp., Amauroceras ferrugineum, Amaltheus reticularis, Amauroceras lenticulare, Pleuroceras apyrenum (222166)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Pleuroceras spinatum (25502)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Serbia and Montenegro Pleuroceras transiens, Pleuroceras spinatum (73350)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) Pleuroceras solare (98461 146764) Pleuroceras sp. (146755 146759) Pleuroceras spinatum (146761 146770) Pleuroceras yeovilense, Pleuroceras solare, Pleuroceras spinatum (146765)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Switzerland Amaltheus margaritatus (58315)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus stokesi (33119 33143 200150)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1USA (Alaska) Amaltheus sp. (132745)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (Yukon) Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus stokesi (114775) Amaltheus stokesi (114776 114777 114781)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (Alberta) Amaltheus stokesi (197326 197681)
Carlottense184.1 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Amaltheus margaritatus (200280)