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Esericeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Esericeras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phymatoceratidae by Howarth (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Esericeras Sepkoski
2013Esericeras Howarth p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPhymatoceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusEsericeras

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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†Esericeras eseri Oppel 1856
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Invalid names: Haugia inaequa Buckman 1898 [synonym], Haugia sculpta Buckman 1898 [synonym]
†Esericeras fascigerum Buckman 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height127.0----
diameter162.0----
inflation119.0----
shell height1037.711.075.043.022.5
shell diameter1094.023.7239.0113.470.2
shell inflation1028.55.50107.037.531.5

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: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France E. fascigerum (210796)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France E. fascigerum (124173)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6France (Deux-Sèvres) E. eseri (149041) E. fascigerum (148979 149031 149043 149044 149045)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Spain E. fascigerum (146979 146982) E. sp. (126525)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6France (Vendée) E. fascigerum (149042)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6France (Deux-Sevrès) E. eseri, E. fascigerum (140873) E. sp., E. eseri, E. fascigerum (147170)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Bulgaria E. fascigerum (151013)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6France E. eseri (167410) E. eseri, E. fascigerum (148809) E. fascigerum (124174)
Thouarsense - Levesquei180.1 - 175.6France (Deux-Sèvres) E. sp. (148958)