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Parapeltoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Parapeltoceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites oblongus.

It was assigned to Peltoceratinae by Jeannet (1951); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Parapeltoceras Jeannet
2002Parapeltoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea(Zittel 1884)
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusParapeltoceras

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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Parapeltoceras annulosum Quenstedt 1887
Parapeltoceras oblongum Quenstedt 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height314.412.016.515.02.29
shell diameter345.235.059.044.812.1
shell inflation320.015.528.518.16.88

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: Late/Upper Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar P. annulosum (98136)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. oblongum (171552 171606 171656)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar P. oblungum (98127)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. annulosum (171760) P. oblongum (171568)