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Puncticeras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Puncticeras was named by Becker (1993). Its type is Cheiloceras pompeckji.

It was reranked as Cheiloceras (Puncticeras) by Becker (1993).

It was assigned to Cheiloceras by Becker (1993); and to Nehdenitinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Cheiloceras (Puncticeras) Becker
1993Puncticeras Becker
2002Puncticeras Korn and Klug p. 175
2006Puncticeras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyNehdenitinae
genusPuncticerasBecker 1993

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. †Puncticeras Becker 1993
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Puncticeras ajense Bogoslovsky 1971
Puncticeras anumbilicatum Schindewolf 1923
Puncticeras gastriforme Becker 1993
Puncticeras lagowiense Gurich 1900
Puncticeras ovatus Munster 1832
Puncticeras pompeckji Wedekind 1918
Puncticeras schmidti Petersen 1975
Puncticeras semiinversum Sobolew 1914
Puncticeras sublagowiense Sobolew 1914
Puncticeras ultimum Schindewolf 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height223.623.224.023.60.566
shell diameter240.639.242.040.61.98
shell inflation20.0550.0013.001.502.12

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany Compactoceras pompeckji (187041 187042 187043 187050 187064)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Cheiloceras ovatum, Cheiloceras lagowiense (5960)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras ovatum (39093 39096 65361 65387) Cheiloceras ovatum, Cheiloceras schmidti (65388)
Early/Lower Famennian - Middle Famennian372.15 - 365.2Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras n. sp. (38801)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras ovatum (39079 39103 39107 65107) Cheiloceras schmidti (39097 39104)