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Peltoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Peltoceras Sepkoski
2006Peltoceras Parent p. 24

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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
genusPeltoceras

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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Subg. †Peltoceras (Peltoceras) Waagen 1871
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†Peltoceras berckhemeri Prieser 1937
†Peltoceras convexum Hillebrandt 1995
†Peltoceras modeli Peiser 1937
†Peltoceras occidentale Whiteaves 1907
†Peltoceras oeschingense Prieser 1937
†Peltoceras subtense Leckenby 1859
†Peltoceras trifidum Quenstedt 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1117.510.028.016.06.31
shell diameter1158.532.095.056.020.5
shell inflation1127.315.046.026.09.55

Composition: aragoniteo
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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India P. sp. (68657)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia P. trifidum, P. pachygaster, P. solidum (47882 47911)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India P. ponderosum, P. sp. (68647)
Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian166.1 - 150.8USA (California) P. sp. (192820)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (172174)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) P. convexum (158522)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina P. athleta (68159)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. athleta (171656) P. athleta, P. modeli, P. subtense (171589) P. athleta, P. modeli, P. trifidum (171762) P. athleta, P. trifidum (171565 171574) P. sp. A, P. sp. B, P. athleta, P. berckhemeri, P. trifidum, P. oeschingense (171552) P. trifidum (171630 171759 171922)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Eritrea P. sp. (209120)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India (Gujarat) P. athleta (184595)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France P. athletoides, P. athleta, P. trifidum (60619) P. metamorphicum, P. retrospinatum (60439) P. retrospinatum, P. athleta (60544) P. russiense, P. pseudotorosum (60441) P. sp. (60437 60438)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany P. athleta (62276) P. sp. (62283) P. trifidum (62279)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar P. athleta (98170) P. kachhense (98181) P. metamorphicum (98174) P. metamorphicum, P. kachhense, P. kumagunense, P. athleta (98180)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. trifidum (171585)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) P. convexum (135717)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Poland P. schroederi (228422)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (172175)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar P. metamorphicum, P. bidens, P. kachhense, P. kumagense, P. ponderosum (98175) P. ponderosum (98182 98189)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (Scotland) P. arduennense, P. gerberi, P. williamsoni (163717) P. arduennense, P. williamsoni (163718) P. williamsoni (163716)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Canada (Alberta) P. occidentale (195173)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) P. athleta (135724)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France P. ssp. (12266 12267 12269) P. ssp., P. williamsoni (12270)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France P. ssp. (12268)