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Peltoceras (Metapeltoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy

Metapeltoceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Peltoceras (Metapeltoceras) by Imlay (1961).

It was assigned to Peltoceratinae by Jeannet (1951); to Peltoceras by Imlay (1961); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa

Metapeltoceras baylei, Metapeltoceras brunnschweileri, Metapeltoceras diversiforme, Metapeltoceras helveticum, Metapeltoceras jurense, Metapeltoceras rollieri

Species lacking formal opinion data

Metapeltoceras armiger, Peltoceras athletoides, Peltoceras gerberi, Peltoceras kumagense, Peltoceras kumagunense, Peltoceras pachygaster, Peltoceras ponderosum, Peltoceras ponderosum, Peltoceras pseudotorosum, Peltoceras retrospinatum, Peltoceras russiense, Peltoceras schroederi, Peltoceras solidum, Peltoceras ssp., Peltoceras trifidum, Peltoceras williamsoni, Peltoceras williamsoni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1951	Metapeltoceras Jeannet p. 170
1961	Peltoceras (Metapeltoceras) Imlay pp. D-27
2002	Metapeltoceras Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Aspidoceratoidea	Zittel 1895
family	Aspidoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Peltoceratinae	Spath 1924
genus	Peltoceras
subgenus	Metapeltoceras

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. †Peltoceras (Metapeltoceras)

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†Metapeltoceras baylei Prieser 1937

†Metapeltoceras brunnschweileri Jeannet 1951

†Metapeltoceras diversiforme Waagen 1875

†Metapeltoceras helveticum Jeannet 1951

†Metapeltoceras jurense Jeannet 1951

†Metapeltoceras rollieri Jeannet 1951

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	10	24.7	11.0	47.0	22.6	11.7
shell diameter	10	79.6	38.0	157.5	71.0	41.9
shell inflation	10	35.6	18.5	75.5	33.5	20.6

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 Middle Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Madagascar	Metapeltoceras diversiforme (98180)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Switzerland	Metapeltoceras baylei, Metapeltoceras brunnschweileri (171588) Metapeltoceras diversiforme, Metapeltoceras baylei (171552) Metapeltoceras helveticum (171565) Metapeltoceras rollieri (171763)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Metapeltoceras sp. (61659)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Switzerland	Metapeltoceras baylei (171568 171585)
Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	India	Peltoceras diversiforme (68647)
Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	165.3 - 152.21	USA (California)	Peltoceras sp. (192820)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	Switzerland	Metapeltoceras jurense (171559)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	Madagascar	Metapeltoceras armiger, Metapeltoceras diversiforme (98175) Metapeltoceras diversiforme (98182 234140) Metapeltoceras sp. (98186)