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Paracenoceras

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Paracenoceras Spath
1951Nautilus (Paracenoceras) Jeannet p. 10
1964Paracenoceras Teichert et al. p. 451
2002Paracenoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyParacenoceratidaeSpath 1927
genusParacenocerasSpath 1927

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. †Paracenoceras Spath 1927
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†Paracenoceras acklini Jeannet 1951
†Paracenoceras arduennense d'Orbigny 1850
†Paracenoceras dilatatum Jeannet 1951
†Paracenoceras dorsatus Roemer 1836
†Paracenoceras dorsoexcavatus Parona and Bonarelli 1895
†Paracenoceras ennianum Dacque 1905
†Paracenoceras giganteum d'Orbigny 1843
†Paracenoceras granulosum d'Orbigny 1843
†Paracenoceras hexagonum Sowerby 1826
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Invalid names: Nautilus wandaensis Waagen 1873 [synonym]
†Paracenoceras jumarense Waagen 1873
†Paracenoceras lorioli von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras macrum Tinant 1987
†Paracenoceras marocense Miller and Collinson 1952
†Paracenoceras mjatschkowanus von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras moreausum d'Orbigny 1843
†Paracenoceras noetlingi Halder and Bardhan 1997
†Paracenoceras rollieri von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras sattleri Krenkel 1910
†Paracenoceras schusteri von Loesch 1912
†Paracenoceras siculus Gemmellaro 1868
†Paracenoceras sinuosus Roemer 1836
†Paracenoceras speciosum Tinant 1987
†Paracenoceras sulcatum Tinant 1987
†Paracenoceras wepferi von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras wilmae Jeannet 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3654.813.0136.056.028.4
shell diameter36100.533.0250.0100.056.2
shell inflation3613.64.5047.017.012.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 167.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13862 13906)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum (48300) P. prohexagonum (48340 48404) P. sp. (48316 48450 48454) P. sp., P. prohexagonum (48405)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) P. speciosum (175854)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) P. sp. A, P. calloviense, P. jumarense, P. prohexagonum, P. noetlingi (98374)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Pakistan P. noetlingi (171088 171089)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Ethiopia P. prohexagonum (197160)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Deux-Sèvres) P. speciosum (167340)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Madagascar (Toamasina) P. skumagunense (234065)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia P. dilatatum (47877 47878) P. sp. (48585)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) P. calloviense, P. meridionale (2602)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian166.1 - 161.2Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (31077)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13791 13858 13864 13868 13901) P. sp. (13786)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Nautilus dilatatus, Nautilus calloviensis, Nautilus herznachensis, Nautilus subhexagonus, Nautilus acklini (171556) Nautilus dilatatus, Nautilus herznachensis (171555) Nautilus sp., Nautilus herznachensis, Nautilus acklini (171558) Nautilus subhexagonus (171591) Nautilus wilmae (171553)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Nautilus calloviensis, Nautilus jumarensis, Nautilus giganteus (98155) Nautilus giganteus (98122) P. calloviense (98094 98130 98165) P. calloviense, P. kumagunense (98129) P. kumagunense (98126 98161 98184)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) P. jumarense, P. kumagunense (98212)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India (Gujarat) P. calloviense (167362)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Nautilus giganteus (171497)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Maine et Loire) P. nov. sp. (167341)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia P. marocense (166827 171162 171163 171164)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2India (Gujarat) P. calloviense (167363)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Nautilus calloviensis (171557) Nautilus herznachensis (171560) Nautilus wilmae, Nautilus calloviensis, Nautilus kumagunense (171554)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13667) P. sp. (13614)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia P. dorsoexcavatum, P. dilatatum (34544)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13515)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Egypt Nautilus hexagonus, Nautilus giganteus (171262)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain P. franconicus (67867) P. sp. (67866)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Germany Nautilus mjatschkowanus (171492)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia P. arduennense (46296) P. hexagonum (45563 46047) P. hexagonum, P. arduennense (45991) P. sp. (46059 46303)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India (Gujarat) P. giganteum (167389 167390) P. hexagonum (98372) P. lorioli (167391)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Ethiopia P. hexagonum (94495)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Somalia P. hexagonum (100372)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Morocco P. marocense (171165)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Nautilus arduennensis (171562) Nautilus calloviensis (171559) Nautilus rollieri (171491 171563) Nautilus subhexagonus, Nautilus arduennensis (171561)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia P. arduennense (225465)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Nautilus arduennensis (171493)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum (225466)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania Nautilus dorsatus (35569)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum, P. wepferi (45650) P. moreausum (45648) P. wepferi (45692)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France Nautilus giganteus (171498) Nautilus schusteri (171175)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Ethiopia Nautilus ennianus (94585)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Tanzania Nautilus dorsatus (35570)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) P. sp. (185665)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum, P. wepferi (225469)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France P. lorioli (167355 167359) P. staffelbergense (167357 167358)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian152.1 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) P. sp. (2571)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania Nautilus sattleri (166267)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Tanzania Nautilus dorsatus (79019 79256)