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Pseudotemperoceras

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Trematoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotemperoceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Pseudotemperoceras pulchrum.

It was synonymized subjectively with Temperoceras by Niko et al. (1997).

It was assigned to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trematoceratidae by Pohle and Klug (2024).

Species
P. nyalamense, P. pulchrum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pseudotemperoceras Sepkoski
2024Pseudotemperoceras Pohle and Klug p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familyTrematoceratidaeZakharov 1996
genusPseudotemperoceras

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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Pseudotemperoceras pulchrum Schastlivceva 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Illyrian or 251.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Yakutia) P. pulchrum (45912)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Michelinoceras nyalamense (31614 31615 31619 31620 31621 31623 31625)