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Pseudopeltoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopeltoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Peltoceratinae by Jeannet (1951); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudoperisphinctinae by Parent (2006).

Species
P. chauvini, P. chauvinianum, P. leckenbyi, P. rollieri, P. zuberi
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. comptoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudopeltoceras Jeannet p. 175
2002Pseudopeltoceras Sepkoski
2006Pseudopeltoceras Parent p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPseudoperisphinctinaeSchindewolf 1925
genusPseudopeltoceras

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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†Pseudopeltoceras chauvini d'Orbigny 1847
†Pseudopeltoceras rollieri Jeannet 1951
†Pseudopeltoceras zuberi Jeannet 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height260.947.678.062.821.5
shell diameter2213.7166.0275.0220.577.1
shell inflation2103.478.0137.0107.541.7

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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany P. comptoni, P. leckenbyi (62276)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Mendoza) P. chauvinianum (136694)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. chauvini (171762) P. rollieri (171764) P. sp. A, P. sp. B, P. leckenbyi, P. zuberi (171552)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland P. leckenbyi (171568)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) P. chauvinianum (136310)