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Pleuroceras solare

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites solaris was named by Phillips (1829).

It was recombined as Pleuroceras solare by Howarth (1955), Howarth (1956), Blau and Meister (1991), Meister and Friebe (2003), Elmi et al. (2009) and Bardin et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Ammonites solaris Phillips figs. Pl 4, fig 29
1855Ammonites regularis Simpson p. 89
1904Paltopleuroceras pseudocostatum Richardson p. 215 figs. Pl 24, fig 10
1955Pleuroceras solare Howarth
1956Pleuroceras solare Howarth
1991Pleuroceras solare Blau and Meister p. 180 figs. Pl 5, figs 6-8
2003Pleuroceras solare Meister and Friebe
2009Pleuroceras solare Elmi et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 3
2013Pleuroceras solare Bardin et al. p. 324 fig. 7B,C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)
genusPleurocerasHyatt 1868
speciessolare(Phillips 1829)

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.

Pleuroceras solare Phillips 1829
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Invalid names: Ammonites regularis Simpson 1855 [synonym], Paltopleuroceras pseudocostatum Richardson 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height613.412.215.013.31.05
shell diameter637.536.038.237.80.774
shell inflation613.512.115.713.61.33

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: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Austria Pleuroceras solare (218912)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Pleuroceras solare (51276)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Pleuroceras solare (126569 228497 228499)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Austria Pleuroceras solare (145294)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Algeria Pleuroceras solare (148271 148272 148273)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France Pleuroceras solare (146649 146651 146652 146653)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Cantabria) Pleuroceras solare (222230 222231 222232 222234 222235)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Pleuroceras solare (218423 218424)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Pleuroceras solare (222168)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) Pleuroceras solare (98461 146764 146765)