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Leconteites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Leconteites Casey p. 110
1954Puzosigella Casey p. 110
1965Leconteites Jones et al. p. F9
1973Vnigriceras Saveliev
1996Leconteites Wright et al. p. 96
2002Leconteites Sepkoski
2002Puzosigella Sepkoski
2016Vnigriceras Lehmann et al. p. 468
2023Leconteites Latil et al. p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyUhligellinae
genusLeconteites

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. †Leconteites Casey 1954
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Leconteites deansi Whiteaves 1893
Leconteites lecontei Anderson 1902
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Leconteites lecontei whiteavesi Jones et al. 1965
Invalid names: Sonneratia mulleri Anderson 1938 [synonym], Sonneratia rogersi Hall and Ambrose 1916 [synonym], Sonneratia taffi Anderson 1938 [synonym]
Leconteites modestus Anderson 1938
Leconteites sacramenticus Anderson 1902
Invalid names: Puzosigella Casey 1954 [synonym], Vnigriceras Saveliev 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height118.5
shell diameter140.0
shell inflation110.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (California) L. lecontei (216368 216369 216370) Sonneratia mulleri (216371)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) L. lecontei (219049)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Cleoniceras modestum, Cleoniceras lecontei (225529) L. deansi (151965) L. lecontei (225826) Sonneratia rogersi, Pachydiscus sacramenticus, Cleoniceras lecontei, Sonneratia taffi, Sonneratia mulleri (216096)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Alaska) L. deansi (88057 88058 88626) L. deansii, Puzosigella spp., L. modestus (38478 38501 38502 38503 38504 38505 38506 38507 38508 38509 38510 38511 38517) L. modestus (38512) L. sp. (88059) Puzosigella perrinsmithi, Puzosigella taffi, L. modestus (88062)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (California) L. lecontei (185383)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Germany Vnigriceras sp. (183539)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Russian Federation L. deansi (169542)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Denmark L. sp. (71077)