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Peltoceras metamorphicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Peltoceras metamorphicum was named by Spath (1931). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Peltoceras metamorphicum Spath p. 564 figs. Pl. CVI, figs. 2a-c.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusPeltoceras
speciesmetamorphicumSpath 1931

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: 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 Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 163.50000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Peltoceras metamorphicum (234094)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Peltoceras metamorphicum (60439)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Peltoceras metamorphicum (98174 98180 234132)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Peltoceras metamorphicum (98175)