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Glottoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Glottoceras Hyatt
2005Glottoceras Bulot et al.
2010Glottoceras Bulot

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEngonoceratoideaHyatt 1903
familyKnemiceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusGlottocerasHyatt 1875

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.

G. †Glottoceras Hyatt 1875
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Glottoceras attenuatum Hyatt 1875
Glottoceras crassicostatum Sommermeier 1910
Glottoceras crassinodosum Sommermeier 1910
Glottoceras gabbi Hyatt 1903
Glottoceras laraense Renz 1970
Glottoceras moorei Knechtel 1947
Glottoceras ollonense Gabb 1877
Glottoceras ovale Benavides-Caceres 1956
Glottoceras raimondii Lisson 1908
Glottoceras semicostatum Sommermeier 1910
Glottoceras sommermeieri Knechtel 1947
Glottoceras triangulare Benavides-Caceres 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1739.024.064.036.513.2
shell diameter1774.248.0117.070.024.9
shell inflation1710.26.0023.010.05.04

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 Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Peru Knemiceras ollonense (158985)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Peru (Cajamarca) Knemiceras attenuatum (88170) Knemiceras gabbi (88171) Knemiceras ovale (88167)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Peru Knemiceras semicostatum, Knemiceras crassicostatum, Knemiceras crassinodosum, Knemiceras moorei, Knemiceras attenuatum (88673)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Peru (Cajamarca) Knemiceras raimondii, Knemiceras attenuatum (56984 56987)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Peru Knemiceras gabbi, Knemiceras attenuatum (158987) Knemiceras ovale (88197) Knemiceras raimondii, Knemiceras attenuatum (158988) Knemiceras triangulare, Knemiceras raimondii, Knemiceras attenuatum (88190)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ecuador G. moorei, G. sommermeieri, G. laraense (56768)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Venezuela (Lara) Knemiceras laraense (87953)