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Pleurolytoceras hircinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites hircinus was named by Schlotheim (1820). It is the type species of Pleurolytoceras.

It was recombined as Pachylytoceras hircinum by Schulbert (2001); it was recombined as Pleurolytoceras hircinum by Hyatt (1900) and Whicher et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Ammonites hircinus Schlotheim
1900Pleurolytoceras hircinum Hyatt p. 572
1925Lytoceras subhircinum Krumbeck
2001Pachylytoceras hircinum Schulbert p. 41 figs. Pl 1, figs 9-11; pl 2, fig 1; pl 24, fig 1
2023Pleurolytoceras hircinum Whicher et al. p. 230 figs. 8b; 14h1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyAlocolytoceratinaeSpath 1927
genusPleurolytoceras
specieshircinum(Schlotheim 1820)

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.

Pleurolytoceras hircinum Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Lytoceras subhircinum Krumbeck 1925 [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 Levesquei to the top of the Toarcian or 182.00000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Bavaria) Pachylytoceras hircinum (51309 51806 51807 51808 51809 51810 51811 51818 51819 51820 51821 51822 51823 51839 51840 51842)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany Pleurolytoceras hircinum (59523)
Opalinum175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Pleurolytoceras hircinum (229915)