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Pleurocephalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Taxonomy

Pleurocephalites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Macrocephalitidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. costumbilicatum, P. habyensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. elephantinus, P. folliformis, P. jacobi, P. liberalis, P. lophopleurus, P. magnumbilicatus, P. paronai, P. tumidus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1957	Pleurocephalites Arkell et al. p. 294
2002	Pleurocephalites Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Stephanoceratoidea	(Newmayr 1875)
family	Macrocephalitidae
genus	Pleurocephalites

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. †Pleurocephalites

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†Pleurocephalites costumbilicatum Basse and Perrodon 1951

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†Pleurocephalites costumbilicatum ambohizazahensis Basse and Perrodon 1951

†Pleurocephalites costumbilicatum andranomantsyebsis Collignon 1958

†Pleurocephalites habyensis Spath 1928

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (33 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian	167.7 - 161.2	Madagascar (Toliara)	P. sp. (98168)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	France	P. elephantinus (60421 60535) P. folliformis (60428) P. liberalis (60548) P. lophopleurus, P. folliformis, P. paronai (60536) P. sp. (60551)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Madagascar (Toamasina)	P. besairiei, P. maevaranensis (234100) P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (234095)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Madagascar	P. andranomantsyensis, P. maevaranensis, P. besairiei, P. elephantinus, P. habyensis (98091) P. besairiei, P. maevaranensis, P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (98094) P. costumbilicatus (98159) P. elephantinus (98138 98155) P. elephantinus, P. besairiei, P. habyensis (98126) P. elephantinus, P. costumbilicatus (98184) P. folliformis, P. elephantinus (98165) P. habyensis (98128 98194) P. maevaranensis (98120) P. maevaranensis, P. besairiei, P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (98185) P. maevaranensis, P. habyensis (98129) P. magnumbilicatus (98122) P. sp. (98095 98140)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Madagascar (Toliara)	P. besairiei, P. paronai, P. costumbilicatus, P. habyensis (98212)
Middle Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	France	P. cuenoti, P. jacobi, P. paronai (60562) P. folliformis, P. liberalis, P. tumidus (60613) P. jacobi (60556) P. sp. (60538 60540 60554) P. tumidus, P. jacobi (60616)