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Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites velledae was named by Michelin (1834). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phylloceras velledae by Böse (1923), Haas (1942) and Reyment (1955); it was recombined as Euphylloceras velledae by Murphy and Rodda (2006); it was recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae by Szives (2007) and El Qot (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ammonites velledae Michelin figs. pl. 35
1923Phylloceras velledae Böse p. 119
1942Phylloceras velledae Haas p. 146 figs. Pl 37, fig 1; pl 39, fig 1; text-figs 19a,b
1955Phylloceras velledae Reyment p. 12
2006Euphylloceras velledae Murphy and Rodda pp. 30 - 31 figs. Plate 2, Figures. 1, 5; Text-figure 13
2007Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae Szives p. 46 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
2018Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae El Qot p. 148 fig. 5A,B,D,E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPhyllocerasSuess 1865
subgenusHypophyllocerasSalfeld 1924
speciesvelledae(Michelin 1834)

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 2006A phylloceratid with fine riblets, an elliptical cross section (C -2), narrow but open umbilicus, with slight adorally convex arch across the venter and modest development of a lappet on the lower flank; suture complex with E/L diphyllic, L/U2 asymmetrically triphyllic, with later ontogenetic stages more complex.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Cenomanian or 129.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Colombia Phylloceras velledae (97674)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Hungary Phylloceras velledae (226273)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0South Africa Phylloceras velledae (66004)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Phylloceras velledae (86497)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Phylloceras velledae (98234 98244 98268)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt Phylloceras velledae (191701 191702 191711)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Madagascar Phylloceras velledae (98231 98233)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France Phylloceras velledae (56521)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0South Africa Phylloceras velledae (66005)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Phylloceras velledae (88253)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France Phylloceras velledae (58861)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3South Africa Phylloceras velledae (66006)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar Phylloceras velledae (98218)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France Phylloceras velledae (233804 233805)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) Phylloceras velledae (86503)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6South Africa Phylloceras velledae (66011 66016 66017 66018 66019 66020 66021 66022 66071)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Phylloceras velledae (56523 56680 58533)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Phylloceras velledae (83840)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy Phylloceras velledae (12838)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Antsiranana) Phylloceras velledae (86507 98215)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Madagascar Phylloceras velledae (98219)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Zacatecas) Phylloceras velledae (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Phylloceras velledae (58883 230858)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Phylloceras velledae (82730)