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Simoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Simoceratidae

Taxonomy
Simoceras is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Simoceratidae, Simoceratinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Simoceratinae by Verma and Westermann (1973), Vašíček and Skupien (2016).

Species
S. admirandum, S. agostyani, S. broilii, S. volanense
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. favaranensis, S. strictum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Simoceras Verma and Westermann p. 196
2002Simoceras Sepkoski
2016Simoceras Vašíček and Skupien p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familySimoceratidaeSpath 1924
subfamilySimoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusSimoceras

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. †Simoceras
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†Simoceras admirandum Zittel 1869
†Simoceras agostyani Fozy et al. 2013
†Simoceras broilii Schneid 1915
†Simoceras volanense Oppel 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.678.2011.49.802.26
shell diameter233.324.545.234.914.6
shell inflation216.911.824.218.08.77

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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 163.50000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation S. favaranensis (213006)
Oxfordian - Berriasian163.5 - 139.8Spain S. andaluciense, S. biruncinatum, S. subbeticum, S. strictum, S. admirandum, S. volanense (73297)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Spain S. n. sp. gr. volanense (235585)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Virgatosimoceras broilii (2615)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Hungary S. admirandum (154768) S. biruncinatum, S. admirandum (154767)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Italy S. lytogyrum (155055)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico S. volanense (197974)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy (Ancona) S. aesinense (46385 46386) S. biruncinatum (46539) S. biruncinatum, S. admirandum (46538) S. vicentinum, S. volanense (46540) S. volanense (46541)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic S. admirandum (177618)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy (Trapani) S. aesinense, S. volanense (37015) S. volanense (37017)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Hungary S. admirandum (160428) S. biruncinatum, S. admirandum (160427)