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Vermiceras
Taxonomy
Vermiceras is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arietitinae by Bloos (1994), Howarth (2013).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arietitinae by Bloos (1994), Howarth (2013).
Species
Metophioceras bonnardii, Metophioceras conybeari, Metophioceras galaczi, Metophioceras gracile, Metophioceras janus, Metophioceras rotarium, Metophioceras rotticus, Metophioceras trigonatum, Protocymbites azzouzi, V. (Gyrophioceras), V. (Paracaloceras) (syn. V. (Alpinoceras), V. (Centauroceras)), V. (Vermiceras), V. densicostatum, V. spiratissimum
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1867 | Discoceras Hyatt |
1923 | Protocymbites Spath p. 77 |
1924 | Metophioceras Spath p. 202 |
1925 | Diplosellites Buckman |
1926 | Keynshamites Buckman |
1994 | Vermiceras Bloos p. 10 |
2002 | Dalaticeras Meister et al. |
2002 | Vermiceras Sepkoski |
2003 | Metophioceras Meister and Friebe |
2007 | Metophioceras Geczy and Meister |
2013 | Vermiceras Howarth p. 14 |
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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. †Vermiceras
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Subg. †Vermiceras (Gyrophioceras) Spath 1924
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†Gyrophioceras mineralense Taylor 1998
†Gyrophioceras morganense Taylor 1998
†Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum Wahner 1887
†Gyrophioceras praespiratissimus Wahner 1887
†Gyrophioceras supraspiratum Wahner 1888
Subg. †Vermiceras (Paracaloceras) Spath 1923
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†Paracaloceras concavum Taylor 1998
†Paracaloceras coregonense Sowerby 1831
†Paracaloceras haueri Guembel 1861
†Paracaloceras multicostatum Frebold 1967
†Paracaloceras rursicostatum Frebold 1967
†Paracaloceras varaense Hillebrandt 2000
Invalid names: Vermiceras (Alpinoceras) Lange 1941 [synonym], Vermiceras (Centauroceras) Blind 1963 [synonym]
Subg. †Vermiceras (Vermiceras) Hyatt 1889
†Vermiceras densicostatum Taylor 1998
†Vermiceras spiratissimum Quenstedt 1852
Invalid names: Dalaticeras Meister et al. 2002 [synonym], Diplosellites Buckman 1925 [synonym], Discoceras Hyatt 1867 [replaced], Keynshamites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Metophioceras Spath 1924 [synonym], Protocymbites Spath 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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height | 6 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 2.13 | |
diameter | 6 | 51.8 | 28.0 | 69.5 | 56.5 | 14.3 | |
inflation | 6 | 31.5 | 15.8 | 50.3 | 34.8 | 11.1 | |
shell height | 14 | 12.0 | 6.30 | 34.3 | 10.3 | 8.28 | |
shell diameter | 14 | 57.1 | 16.0 | 169.0 | 54.0 | 48.0 | |
shell inflation | 14 | 31.1 | 4.00 | 106.0 | 30.1 | 32.7 |
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References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Middle Hettangian to the top of the Bucklandi or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma
Collections (139 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rhaetian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | Austria | Paracaloceras coregonense (195482) | |
Angulata | Austria | Alpinoceras perspiratum (189271 189272) Arietites praespiratissimus (189262) Arietites supraspiratus (189265) V. praespiratissimum, V. supraspiratum (189263) V. supraspiratum (189264) | |
Angulata | USA (Nevada) | Metophioceras rursicostatum (42876) Paracaloceras concavum (157504) Paracaloceras haueri (188629) Paracaloceras mineralense (157511) Paracaloceras rursicostatum (188656) | |
Angulata | Argentina (Mendoza) | V. coregonense (181952) V. sp., V. rursicostatum (42767) | |
Angulata | USA (Alaska) | Paracaloceras sp., Paracaloceras rursicostatum (68723) | |
Angulata | Canada (British Columbia) | Gyrophioceras morganense (84812) Gyrophioceras supraspiratum (84739 84746) Metophioceras sp., Paracaloceras sp. A, Paracaloceras sp., Paracaloceras rursicostatum (157392) Paracaloceras coregonense (157529) Paracaloceras multicostatum, Paracaloceras coregonense (157527) Paracaloceras rursicostatum (84767 84769 84783 84784 84786 157359 157360 157363 157368 157371 157374 157378) Paracaloceras rursicostatum, Gyrophioceras mineralense (157385) Paracaloceras rursicostatum, Gyrophioceras supraspiratum (84738) Paracaloceras rursicostatum, Paracaloceras varaense (157361 157365 157372 157381) Paracaloceras sp. (157531 157532) Paracaloceras sp. A, Paracaloceras rursicostatum (157366) Paracaloceras sp. A, Paracaloceras rursicostatum, Paracaloceras varaense (157393) Paracaloceras sp. B, Paracaloceras rursicostatum (157379) Paracaloceras sp. B, Paracaloceras sp., Paracaloceras rursicostatum (157380) Paracaloceras varaense (157382) | |
Angulata | USA (Oregon) | Gyrophioceras morganense (157626 157627) Paracaloceras mineralense (157506) Paracaloceras morganense (157507) | |
Hettangian | Mexico (Sonora) | Metophioceras sp. (201180 201181) Paracaloceras sp. (201178) | |
Hettangian | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (53472) | |
Hettangian | USA (Oregon) | V. sp. (200707 201169 201170) V. sp., V. morganense (200708 200709 200710 201166) V. sp., V. morganense, V. supraspiratus, Paracaloceras sp. (201167) V. sp., V. supraspiratus (201168) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Italy (L'Aquila) | Gyrophioceras sp. (196795) Paracaloceras sp. (196794) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Austria (Tirol) | Alpinoceras haueri (208598) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Mexico (Sonora) | Paracaloceras rursicostatum (208236) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Canada (British Columbia) | Metophioceras rursicostatum (53361) Paracaloceras rursicostatum (53363) V. coregonense, Metophioceras spp. (34142) V. scylla (208934) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Chile | Paracaloceras sp. (209279 209562) Paracaloceras varaense (209281) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Paracaloceras varaense (209630) | |
Liasicus | Austria | V. praespiratissimum (189261) | |
Liasicus | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp., Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum (84919) | |
Middle Hettangian | Italy (L'Aquila) | Protocymbites indet. (196788) | |
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian | Austria | Paracaloceras coregonense (27226) | |
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian | Italy (L'Aquila) | Paracaloceras centauroides (196793) | |
Angulata - Bucklandi | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (157530) | |
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | Austria | Paracaloceras coregonense (195483) Paracaloceras grunowi, Paracaloceras sp. (196514) | |
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Metophioceras longidomus, Metophioceras rougemonti (204157) | |
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (53878) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | Austria | V. perspiratum, Paracaloceras gr. coregorense, Paracaloceras grunowi, Paracaloceras haueri (38057) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | Romania | V. sp. (219456) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | Metophioceras sp., Metophioceras rotarium (53648) | |
Early/Lower Jurassic | Indonesia (Timor) | Arietites coregonensis (205669) | |
Early/Lower Jurassic | United Kingdom (England) | Ammonites conybeari (84125) | |
Early/Lower Jurassic | United Kingdom (Somerset) | Ammonites conybeari (198904) | |
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic | Indonesia | Arietites rotticus (132795) | |
Bucklandi | USA (Alaska) | Paracaloceras sp. (68729) | |
Bucklandi | USA (Oregon) | Metophioceras rursicostatum (157630) | |
Bucklandi | Argentina (Mendoza) | V. gracile, V. spp. (42766) | |
Bucklandi | USA (Nevada) | Metophioceras rotarium (157501 157502) Metophioceras sp. A (157499) Metophioceras trigonatum (157505) Paracaloceras n. sp. (157497 157500) V. densicostatum (157512) | |
Bucklandi | Ukraine (Crimea) | Metophioceras sp. (230732) | |
Bucklandi | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (157522) | |
Bucklandi | Hungary (Veszprém Megye) | Metophioceras galaczi (78206) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Metophioceras anaberthae, Metophioceras molineroi, Metophioceras sp. (208368) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Chile | Coroniceras rursicostatum (209362) Metophioceras sp. (209272 209290 209357) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | China (Guangdong) | Protocymbites sp. (150444) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Chile (Antofagasta) | Coroniceras gracile (210220) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) | V. deffneri, V. cordieri, V. rougemonti, V. brevidorsale, V. longidomus, V. rotarium, V. conybeari, V. sp., V. spiratissimum (234373) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | V. latisulcatum (204155) V. spiratissimum (204156) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Ammonites conybeari (140334) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | Metophioceras sp. (199704) Paracaloceras sp. (53623) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Chile (Taltal) | Coroniceras gracile (210146) V. scylla (210055 210083) V. sp. (210081 210084) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Peru | V. sp. (209243) | |
Late/Upper Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | V. scylla (53129) | |
Obtusum | Tunisia | Protocymbites azzouzi (170504) | |
Sinemurian | Russian Federation | V. sp. (129826) | |
Sinemurian | Mexico (Sonora) | Metophioceras sp. (201182 201183 201184) | |
Sinemurian | USA (Oregon) | V. sp. (201171 201172 201173 201174) | |
Sinemurian | Germany | V. latisculum (28936) V. skylla, V. latisculum (28935) V. sp. (28939) | |
Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | Metophioceras rursicostatum (53625) V. sp., Metophioceras rursicostatum (4884) |