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Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites athleta was named by Phillips (1829).

It was recombined as Peltoceras athleta by Waagen (1875), Jeannet (1951) and Parent (2006); it was recombined as Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta by Jain (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Ammonites athleta Phillips figs. Pl. 6, Fig 19
1875Peltoceras athleta Waagen p. 81
1951Peltoceras athleta Jeannet p. 165 figs. Pl 72, figs 1,2; text-figs 390, 391
2006Peltoceras athleta Parent p. 24
2017Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Jain p. 146 fig. 23b,c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusPeltoceras
subgenusPeltocerasWaagen 1871
speciesathleta(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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height325.522.028.027.03.21
shell diameter383.870.095.088.513.0
shell inflation338.930.546.042.08.05

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Peltoceras athleta (171552 171565 171574 171589 171656 171762)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India (Gujarat) Peltoceras athleta (184595)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Peltoceras athleta (62276)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina Peltoceras athleta (68159)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Peltoceras athleta (60544 60619)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Peltoceras athleta (98170 98180)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Boeny) Peltoceras athleta (234113)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) Peltoceras athleta (135724)