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Amoeboceras (Amoeboceras)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Amoeboceras (Amoeboceras) Hyatt
1994Amoeboceras (Amoeboceras) Schlegelmilch p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusAmoeboceras
subgenusAmoebocerasHyatt 1900

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.

Subg. †Amoeboceras (Amoeboceras) Hyatt 1900
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Amoeboceras ovale (12304 62728)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation Amoeboceras ovale (58831 58832 58833 190542)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation (Siberia) Amoeboceras pingueforme (58773)