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Paryphoceras grayi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Dhosaites grayi was named by Spath (1928). It is not extant. It is the type species of Prograyiceras.

It was recombined as Prograyiceras grayi by Spath (1928); it was recombined as Paryphoceras grayi by Howarth (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. staphanoides

Synonyms
  • Stephanoceras nepalense was named by Waagen (1875) [Amonites nepalense is a nomen dubium. Waagen 1875 described a separate taxa as a junior homonym. Spath renamed this taxa as Stephanoceras grayi.].

    It was replaced with Dhosaites grayi by Spath (1928).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Stephanoceras nepalense Waagen p. 136 figs. Pl 35, Fig 2.
1928Prograyiceras grayi Spath p. 250
1998Paryphoceras grayi Howarth p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
genusParyphoceras
speciesgrayi()

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.

†Paryphoceras grayi Spath 1928
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Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Waagen 1875 [replaced]
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: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Prograyiceras grayi (98213)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Prograyiceras grayi (234237)
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian154.8 - 154.8Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Paryphoceras grayi (2575 2585 2612)