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Pseudopeltoceras rollieri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopeltoceras rollieri was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach, bed C.2 (Aarau Museum collection), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudopeltoceras rollieri Jeannet p. 176 figs. Pl 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPseudoperisphinctinaeSchindewolf 1925
genusPseudopeltoceras
speciesrollieri

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.

Pseudopeltoceras rollieri Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height147.6
shell diameter1166.0
shell inflation178.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Pseudopeltoceras rollieri (type locality: 171764)