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Lithacoceras (Progeronia)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites eupalus d'Orbigny p. 555 figs. Pl. 217, fig. 1, 2
1957Progeronia Arkell et al. p. L321
1961Lithacoceras (Progeronia) Geyer
2002Progeronia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
genusLithacoceras
subgenusProgeronia

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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Invalid names: Ammonites eupalus d'Orbigny 1850 [nomen oblitum]
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21Somalia Lithacoceras sp. (100372)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Progeronia breviceps, Progeronia metamorpha (198350) Progeronia progeron, Progeronia triplex (198349) Progeronia simplex (198351) Progeronia unicompta, Progeronia metamorpha (198353)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) Progeronia sp. (185666)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Algeria Progeronia breviceps (45062 45064 45066 45071 45073)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Hungary Progeronia sp. (154739)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Romania Progeronia ernesti (198370 198371)