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Glyptophiceras

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Glyptophiceras Spath
1934Glyptophiceras Spath
1955Glyptophiceras Nakazawa and Shimizu
1974Glyptophiceras Kapoor and Bando
1981Glyptophiceras Tozer p. 88
1994Glyptophiceras Tozer p. 49
2012Glyptophiceras Brühwiler and Bucher p. 34
2021Glyptophiceras Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov p. 495

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenoceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusGlyptophicerasSpath 1930

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. †Glyptophiceras Spath 1930
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†Glyptophiceras himalayanum Griesbach 1880
†Glyptophiceras japonicum Nakazawa and Shimizu 1955
†Glyptophiceras minimum Spath 1935
†Glyptophiceras minor Spath 1930
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Invalid names: Glyptophiceras triviale Spath 1935 [synonym]
†Glyptophiceras mirum Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov 2021
†Glyptophiceras polare Spath 1935
†Glyptophiceras sinuatum Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Lecanites laqueus Waagen 1895 [synonym], Xenoceltites pulcher Guex 1978 [synonym], Xenodiscus aequicostatus Diener 1913 [synonym], Xenodiscus althothae Diener 1913 [synonym], Xenodiscus comptoni Diener 1913 [synonym], Xenodiscus salomonii Diener 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2215.17.3022.018.16.57
shell diameter2228.510.274.030.517.9
shell inflation2224.719.032.025.59.19

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Spathian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Pakistan G. himalayanum (110952)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India (Kashmir) G. kashmiricum, G. ophioides (215002) G. lissarenum, G. himalayanum (48914 131943 131945) G. sp. (48996 214659)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Australia (Western Australia) G. sp. (48610)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India G. himalayanus (44028) Ophiceras himalayanum (110990)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland G. minimum (118651) G. minor (48061 48121 118525 118581 118582 118583 118615 118634 118679) G. sp. (48046 48113 48115 118576 118753) G. sp. juv. (118692) G. sp., G. minor (118744) G. spp. (118662) G. spp., G. minor (118580 118652) G. triviale (118763 118764 118765 118766 118767 118779) Hypophiceras triviale (112733 112742)
Griesbachian - Dienerian251.902 - 249.9Greenland G. spp. (31423)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Nepal (Byans) G. kashmiricum (214668)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Russian Federation (Primorye) G. ussuriense (47224)
Induan251.902 - 249.9India Danubites himalayanus (211001)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Myanmar (Shan) G. sp. (44822)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Xenodiscus comptoni (120375)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Dinarites sinuatus (143634) G. sinuatum (139074 139075 139076 139077 139078 139079 140680) Xenoceltites pulcher (102315)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation G. sinuatum (168039 168044 234653 234654)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Japan (Hyogo) G. japonicum (214657)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Nevada) G. sp. (97123)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1India (Himachal Pradesh) G. sinuatum (139609 140331 140332)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Xizang) G. sinuatum (97353 97354 97364)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guizhou) Xenoceltites sinuatus (213532)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Pakistan Lecanites laqueus (143839)