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Protancyloceras (ammonoid)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Protancyloceras was named by Spath (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l K Vala-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Ancyloceras guembeli.

It was assigned to Protancyloceratinae by Cantu-Chapa (1962); to Ammonoidea by Myczynski (1989); to Protancyloceratidae by Sepkoski (2002) and Klein et al. (2007); and to Bochianitidae by Zell et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Protancyloceras Spath
1962Protancyloceras Cantu-Chapa p. 27
1989Protancyloceras Myczynski p. 109
2002Protanclyoceras Sepkoski
2007Protancyloceras Klein et al. p. 13
2015Protancyloceras Zell et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyProtancyloceratoideaBreistroffer 1947
familyProtancyloceratidaeBreistroffer 1947
genusProtancylocerasSpath 1924

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. †Protancyloceras Spath 1924 [ammonoid]
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Protancyloceras anahuacensis Cantu-Chapa 1962
Protancyloceras barrancensis Cantu-Chapa 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Valanginian or 150.80000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Cuba Protancyloceras catalinense, Protancyloceras hondense (57724 57740 57741 57742 57752) Protancyloceras gracile (57717 57727) Protancyloceras hondense (57746) Protancyloceras sp. (57726 57744 57750)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy (Ancona) Protancyloceras sp. (46544)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Colombia (Meta) Protancyloceras sp. (191958)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Iraq (Zakho) Protancyloceras gracile, Protancyloceras kurdistanense (192420) Protancyloceras hondense, Protancyloceras kurdistanense (192418)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France Protancyloceras sp. (174771)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Antarctica Protancyloceras sp. (190849)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2France Protancyloceras bicostatum (174788)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Poland Protancyloceras sp. (65300)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Spain (Murcia) Protancyloceras sp. (191947)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Spain Protancyloceras sp. (64982 64990 64993 64999 65291 65293 65316 65317 65318 65319 65321)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Italy Protancyloceras bicostatum (65505) Protancyloceras punicum (65500)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Mexico (Oaxaca) Protancyloceras catalinense (171682) Protancyloceras sp. (171681)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Hungary Protancyloceras sp. (111311)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain Protancyloceras sp. (65007 65014 65016 65018 65297 65298 65301 65302 65304)