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Peltoceratoides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Peltoceratoides Sepkoski
2006Peltoceratoides Parent p. 24
2011Peltoceratoides Alberti et al. p. 3
2021Peltoceratoides Jain and Mazur p. 411

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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
genusPeltoceratoides

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3321.69.0075.020.313.6
shell diameter3362.922.0210.063.041.4
shell inflation3326.09.0089.424.518.7

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: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Parawedekindia sp. (68644) Parawedekindia torosus (68647)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar P. bidens, P. semirugosa (98180)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) P. pressulus (136305)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. nodopetens (171552 171768) P. sp. A (171571) P. sp. B (171572)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. nodopetens (171624)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Poland P. williamsoni, P. arduennensis (228422)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Switzerland P. sp. A (171769)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Parawedekindia arduennensis (98175) Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia torosa (98188) Parawedekindia trifurcata, Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia choffati, Parawedekindia torosa (98176) P. choffati (98177) P. semirugosus (98182)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India (Gujarat) P. arduennensis (163873) P. constantii, P. arduennensis (163871) P. eugeniforme (163874)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) P. sp. (2557)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland P. gerberi (228421)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India (Gujarat) P. arduennensis (182038) P. constantii (163868) P. sp. juv., P. constantii, P. eugeniforme, P. arduennensis (163870) P. sp. juv., P. williamsoni, P. arduennensis (163872)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Parawedekindia arduennensis (171491 171765) Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia choffati (171586) Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia choffati, Prieserites interscissum, Raspailites eugenei, P. inconstans (171559) Parawedekindia choffati (171561 171662 171766) Parawedekindia sp., Parawedekindia arduennensis, Parawedekindia choffati, Prieserites interscissum, Raspailites eugenei (171562) Parawedekindia torosa, P. nodopetens, P. elisabethae, Prieserites interscissum, Raspailites eugenei (171566) Prieserites interscissum, Raspailites eugenei (171684) Raspailites eugenei (171602)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina P. pressulus (68160)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Mendoza) P. intercissus (136695) P. pressulus (136706) P. pressulus, P. ballenaensis (136699)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) P. eugenii (165740) P. pressulus (135767 136312 165741 171548 171549 171551) P. pressulus, P. eugenii (171546)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) P. pressulus (135765)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Mendoza) P. pressulus (136709 136712)