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Macrophylloceras

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Macrophylloceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Phylloceras (Macrophylloceras) by Imlay (1953).

It was assigned to Phylloceras by Imlay (1953); to Phylloceratidae by Imlay (1962); and to Phylloceratinae by Arkadiev et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Phylloceras (Macrophylloceras) Imlay p. 74
1962Macrophylloceras Imlay pp. C-3
2000Macrophylloceras Arkadiev et al. p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusMacrophylloceras

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Berriasian or 166.10000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Alaska) M. grossicostatum (68880 68881 68898) Phylloceras grossicostatum (158650 158707 158880 158903 158916 158920)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8USA (Alaska) Phylloceras sp. (5232)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine M. ptychostoma (183168)