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Pleurolytoceras dilucidum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites dilucidus was named by Oppel (1856).

It was recombined as Pachylytoceras dilucidum by Schulbert (2001); it was recombined as Pleurolytoceras dilucidum by Whicher et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ammonites dilucidus Oppel
1858Ammonites penicillatus Quenstedt
2001Pachylytoceras dilucidum Schulbert p. 48 figs. Pl 2, figs 2,3; pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, figs 1,7
2023Pleurolytoceras dilucidum Whicher et al. p. 225 figs. 8a; 10a,b,c1-2,d1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyAlocolytoceratinaeSpath 1927
genusPleurolytoceras
speciesdilucidum(Oppel 1856)

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.

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Invalid names: Ammonites penicillatus Quenstedt 1858 [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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Scissum or 184.20000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany (Bavaria) Pachylytoceras dilucidum (51840 51842 51843 51844 51845 51846 51847 51848 51849 51850 51851 51852 51853)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Pleurolytoceras dilucidum (229900 229901)
Scissum174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Pleurolytoceras dilucidum (229902 229903 229904)