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Parapallasiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Parapallasiceras Zeiss et al. p. 372
2002Parapallasiceras Sepkoski
2005Parapallasiceras Sato and Yamada p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusParapallasiceras

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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Parapallasiceras pseudocontiguum Donze and Enay 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height418.516.021.018.82.75
shell diameter462.156.067.063.04.86
shell inflation431.027.534.031.52.72

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Berriasian163.5 - 139.8Spain P. pseudocontiquus, P. praecox, P. paracolubrinus, P. recticosta (73297)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy P. pseudocolubrinum (184801 184803) P. pseudocolubrinum, P. toucasi (184800)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Japan (Fukui) P. pseudocontiguum (197991)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany P. multipartitum, P. subviperinum, P. palatinum, P. paraconcorsi, P. lateumbilicatum, P. pseudocontiguum (13445) P. palatinum, P. paraconcorsi (13443) P. palatinum, P. pseudocontiguum (13444) P. palatinum, P. pseuducontiguum (13441) P. paraconcorsi, P. pseudocontiguum (13446)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Poland P. contiguus (235575)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquen) P. sp. (135629 135630 135632 135633)