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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) and Howarth (2013).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arietitinae by Bloos (1994) and Howarth (2013).
Species
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 |
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 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
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 2004, Kiessling 2003 |
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections (133 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rhaetian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | Austria | Paracaloceras coregonense (195482) | |
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) | |
Hettangian | Mexico (Sonora) | Metophioceras sp. (201180 201181) Paracaloceras sp. (201178) | |
Hettangian | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (53472) | |
Angulata | Argentina (Mendoza) | V. coregonense (181952) V. sp., V. rursicostatum (42767) | |
Angulata | Austria | Alpinoceras perspiratum (189271 189272) Arietites praespiratissimus (189262) Arietites supraspiratus (189265) V. praespiratissimum, V. supraspiratum (189263) V. supraspiratum (189264) | |
Angulata | USA (Alaska) | Paracaloceras sp., Paracaloceras rursicostatum (68723) | |
Angulata | USA (Nevada) | Metophioceras rursicostatum (42876) Paracaloceras concavum (157504) Paracaloceras haueri (188629) Paracaloceras mineralense (157511) Paracaloceras rursicostatum (188656) | |
Angulata | USA (Oregon) | Gyrophioceras morganense (157626 157627) Paracaloceras mineralense (157506) Paracaloceras morganense (157507) | |
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) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Chile | Paracaloceras sp. (209279 209562) Paracaloceras varaense (209281) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Mexico (Sonora) | Paracaloceras rursicostatum (208236) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Italy (L'Aquila) | Gyrophioceras sp. (196795) Paracaloceras sp. (196794) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Canada (British Columbia) | Metophioceras rursicostatum (53361) Paracaloceras rursicostatum (53363) V. coregonense, Metophioceras spp. (34142) V. scylla (208934) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Austria (Tirol) | Alpinoceras haueri (208598) | |
Late/Upper Hettangian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Paracaloceras varaense (209630) | |
Liasicus | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp., Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum (84919) | |
Liasicus | Austria | V. praespiratissimum (189261) | |
Middle Hettangian | Italy (L'Aquila) | Protocymbites indet. (196788) | |
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian | Italy (L'Aquila) | Paracaloceras centauroides (196793) | |
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian | Austria | Paracaloceras coregonense (27226) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | Austria | V. perspiratum, Paracaloceras gr. coregorense, Paracaloceras grunowi, Paracaloceras haueri (38057) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | Romania | V. sp. (219456) | |
Angulata - Bucklandi | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (157530) | |
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Metophioceras longidomus, Metophioceras rougemonti (204157) | |
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | Austria | Paracaloceras coregonense (195483) Paracaloceras grunowi, Paracaloceras sp. (196514) | |
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (53878) | |
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 - Middle Jurassic | Indonesia | Arietites rotticus (132795) | |
Sinemurian | Russian Federation | V. sp. (129826) | |
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) | |
Sinemurian | Mexico (Sonora) | Metophioceras sp. (201182 201183 201184) | |
Bucklandi | USA (Nevada) | Metophioceras rotarium (157501 157502) Metophioceras sp. A (157499) Metophioceras trigonatum (157505) Paracaloceras n. sp. (157497 157500) V. densicostatum (157512) | |
Bucklandi | USA (Oregon) | Metophioceras rursicostatum (157630) | |
Bucklandi | Ukraine (Crimea) | Metophioceras sp. (230732) | |
Bucklandi | Argentina (Mendoza) | V. gracile, V. spp. (42766) | |
Bucklandi | Canada (British Columbia) | Paracaloceras sp. (157522) | |
Bucklandi | Hungary (Veszprém Megye) | Metophioceras galaczi (78206) | |
Bucklandi | USA (Alaska) | Paracaloceras sp. (68729) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Chile | Coroniceras rursicostatum (209362) Metophioceras sp. (209272 209290 209357) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Metophioceras anaberthae, Metophioceras molineroi, Metophioceras sp. (208368) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Peru | V. sp. (209243) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Chile (Taltal) | V. scylla (210055 210083) V. sp. (210081 210084) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | Metophioceras sp. (199704) Paracaloceras sp. (53623) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | V. latisulcatum (204155) V. spiratissimum (204156) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | China (Guangdong) | Protocymbites sp. (150444) | |
Late/Upper Sinemurian | Canada (British Columbia) | V. scylla (53129) | |
Obtusum | Tunisia | Protocymbites azzouzi (170504) |