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Physodoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Physodoceras Hyatt p. 582
1973Physodoceras Verma and Westermann p. 194
1984Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) Atrops and Benest
2002Physodoceras Sepkoski
2011Physodoceras Parent et al.
2018Physodoceras Garrido et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
genusPhysodoceras

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.

G. †Physodoceras Hyatt 1900
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Physodoceras burkarti Aguilera 1895
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Invalid names: Aspidoceras cajense Burckhardt 1906 [synonym], Aspidoceras phosphoriticum Burckhardt 1906 [synonym]
Physodoceras widerai Scherzinger et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height115.5
shell diameter131.0
shell inflation14.50

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: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Algeria Aspidoceras circumspinosum (45050)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain Aspidoceras sp. (67866)
Oxfordian - Berriasian163.5 - 139.8Spain P. neoburgense, P. avellanum (73297)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Romania P. sp. (35192)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Italy (Trapani) P. wolfi (36925 36966)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar P. avellanoides (98162) P. avellanoides, P. circumspinum (98167) P. avellanoides, P. cyclotum, P. circumspinosum (98163) P. avellanum (98164)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Romania P. altenense (198400)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France Aspidoceras circumspinosum (12362)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (114690)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Hungary P. sp. (154747 154748)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania P. altenense (198353) P. wolfi (198305 198344)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) P. circumspinosum (185665)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Italy (Trapani) P. sp. (36968)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) P. altenense, P. circumspinosum (212931 212932)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) P. sp. (192459)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar P. periacense (234301)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany P. hermanni (211294)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. nattheimense (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) P. sp. (132944)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Hungary P. hoplisum (154750)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Italy P. avellanum (155052)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany P. hoplisum (193290) P. sp. (193332 193335 193336) P. sp., P. widerai (193334)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy (Ancona) P. cyclotum (46385)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina P. sp. A (200686)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquen) P. sp. A (132052)