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Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tulitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Kheraiceras Imlay
1957Kheraiceras Arkell et al. p. 292
1993Kheraiceras Besnosov and Mitta p. 255
2002Kheraiceras Sepkoski
2015Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras) Majidifard p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyTulitidaeBuckman 1921
genusBullatimorphites
subgenusKheraiceras

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height222.820.825.022.92.97
shell diameter256.352.061.056.56.36
shell inflation211.811.412.211.80.566

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: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 168.20000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina Kheraiceras sp. (236384)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Uzbekistan Kheraiceras subcosmopolitus (188467)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Uzbekistan Kheraiceras subcosmopolitus (189076)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Germany Bullatimorphites hannoveranus, Bullatimorphites suevicus (62258)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Iran Bullatimorphites bullatus (175756)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) Kheraiceras sp. (98168)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Turkmenistan Kheraiceras bullatum, Kheraiceras sp. (189075)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5China Kheraiceras cosmopolitum (64861)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Spain Bullatimorphites bullatus (142567)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Kheraiceras sp. (68899 68911) Kheraiceras varicostatum (158891)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Bullatimorphites bullatus (62259)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toamasina) Bullatimorphites bullatus (234095) Kheraiceras cosmopolita (234100)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Bomburites aeropus (60424) Bomburites devauxi, Bomburites bombur (60536) Bomburites globuliforme (60426) Bomburites prahecquense (60422) Kheraiceras bullatus (60421)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Bullatimorphites bullatus (98091) Kheraiceras cosmopolita (98165) Kheraiceras stanfieldi (98155)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Kheraiceras cosmopolita (98092)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain Bullatimorphites prahecquense (142571)