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Amoeboceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Amoeboceras Hyatt p. 580
1920Prionoceras Buckman p. 17
1957Amoeboceras Arkell et al. p. 306
1984Amoeboceras Mesezhnikov p. 84
1994Amoeboceras Schlegelmilch p. 29
2002Amoeboceras Sepkoski
2002Prionoceras Sepkoski
2003Amoeboceras Schairer and Schlampp p. 18
2006Prionoceras Korn
2009Prionoceras Furnish et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusAmoeboceras

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. †Amoeboceras Hyatt 1900
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†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) alticarinatum Mesezhnikov and Romm 1973
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Invalid names: Amoebites acanthophorus Buckman 1925 [synonym], Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare Spath 1935 [synonym]
†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi Sykes and Surlyk 1975
†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) pulchrum Mesezhnikov and Romm 1973
†Amoeboceras alternans von Buch 1831
Invalid names: Prionoceras Buckman 1920 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height713.15.5039.911.611.7
shell diameter731.39.50105.027.033.1
shell inflation70.9310.00131.57.3011.8

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: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 370.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Kazakhstan (Chelyabinsk) Prionoceras divisum, Prionoceras frechi (172159)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7China (Xinjiang) Prionoceras frechi (172219)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Kazakhstan Prionoceras frechi (172164) Prionoceras sulcatum (172162) Prionoceras sulcatum, Prionoceras divisum (172161)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Morocco Prionoceras divisum (170800 170803 170804 170818 170819 170820) Prionoceras divisum, Prionoceras frechi (135655 170802) Prionoceras sp. (170810)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Morocco Prionoceras divisum (135649 135650 135651) Prionoceras divisum, Prionoceras frechi (135652)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Prionoceras sulcatum, Prionoceras divisum (135751)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8China (Guizhou) Prionoceras sp. (218974)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Spain (Balearen) Prionoceras latecostatum (229174)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. kochi (212478)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (163740)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. sp., A. nathorsti (212944 212975)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Greenland A. sp. (1405 1464 1468)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. sp., A. kitchini (212493)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (4097)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France A. freboldi, A. ovale (62728) A. ovale (12304)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Russian Federation A. alternoides, A. transitorium, A. glosense, A. ilovaiskii (58828) A. damoni, A. koldeweyense, A. ilovaiskii (58829) A. ilovaiskii, A. alternoides (58827) A. koldeweyense, A. serratum, A. talbejense (58830) A. serratum, A. ovale (58832) A. serratum, A. sp., A. regulare, A. tuberculatoaltemans, A. ovale (190542) A. tuberculatoalternans, A. serratum, A. gerassimovi, A. freboldi, A. leucum, A. ovale (58833) A. tuberculatoalternans, A. serratum, A. ovale (58831)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany A. alternans (167935 197602)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (163722)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France A. alternans (12292 12293 13124) A. truculentum, A. alternans (12291)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8USA (California) A. dubium (192834)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8USA (Alaska) A. sp. (5455 5467 5470)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Russian Federation Amoebites bayi (190560) Amoebites bayi, Amoebites ernesti (190538) Amoebites bayi, Amoebites sp. (190540) A. schulginae (190558) A. sp. (190557 190572) A. sp., A. schulginae (190564)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. kitschini (212800) A. kochi, A. kitchini, A. sokolovi (212945 212976) A. salfeldi (212492) A. sp., A. elegans (212799) Cardioceras kitchini (212014 212015 212016 212017 212018 213103)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.3 - 150.8Russian Federation Amoebites peregrinator, Amoebites kapffi, Amoebites sp. (191017) Amoebites sp. (191018)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation Amoebites kitchini (190891 190892) Amoebites sp. (58846 191019) Amoebites sp., A. sp. (58845) A. cricki (58843) A. kitchini (58840) A. sp. (58841) A. sp., A. kitchini (58837)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) A. pinguiforme (164298) A. salfeldi, A. pulchrum, A. spathi (163992) A. salfeldi, A. spathi (163993) A. salfeldi, A. subkitchini (163994) A. spathi (164300) A. subkitchini (163995) A. subkitchini, A. alticarinatum, A. pulchrum (163996) A. subkitchini, A. kitchini (163997)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cardioceras kitchini (211832)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Siberia) A. kitchini (58775) A. kitchini, A. spathi (58774) A. pingueforme (58773)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) A. sp. (212932)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Komi) A. postacanthophorum (164004)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) A. elegans (164304) A. kitchini (164301) A. sokolovi (164302)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) A. kitchini (58779) A. postacanthophorum (164005) A. sp., A. sp. (58782) A. uralensis, A. kitchini, A. sp. (58780)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation A. sp. (58848) A. sp., A. volgae, A. subtilicostatum (58853)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation A. reclinatoalternans (190665)