Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Paraspiticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Taxonomy
Paraspiticeras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Roloboceratinae by Wright et al. (1996); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ancyloceratoidea by Marin et al. (2023).

Species
P. bituberculatum, P. guerinianus, P. laeve, P. precrassispinum
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. vallenarense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Paraspiticeras Wright et al. p. 266
2002Paraspiticeras Sepkoski
2023Paraspiticeras Marin et al. p. 3

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
genusParaspiticeras

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.

show all | hide all
†Paraspiticeras bituberculatum Marin et al. 2023
†Paraspiticeras guerinianus d'Orbigny 1850
†Paraspiticeras laeve Fallot and Termier 1923
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: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 136.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Italy P. laeve (168439 168440)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Tunisia P. sp. (205701)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Argentina (Mendoza) P. bituberculatum (229545 229546 229547 229569 229570 229571 229572) P. bituberculatum, P. precrassispinum (229650)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Hungary P. percevali (61566)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain P. guerinianum (61522 61523 61525 61526 61527 61529 61531 61534 61535 61536 61538 61539 61541)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Chile (Copiapó) P. vallenarense (223752)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Chile (Huasco) P. sp. (223547 223559 223583) P. vallenarense (223537 223582)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Morocco P. sp. (82312 82313)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Argentina (Neuquén) P. bituberculatum (229552 229555 229558 229560 229561 229563 229568 229651 229664 229665 229667 229668 229671 229673 229676) P. bituberculatum, P. precrassispinum (229549 229559 229675) P. precrassispinum (229566 229666 229674 229677)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Colombia P. sp. (97673)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Morocco P. sp. (82300 82321)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Czech Republic P. percevali (69129)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Morocco P. sp. (82158)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) P. percevali (2067)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Jaen) P. sp. (2265)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Murcia) P. sp. (2325 2340 2348 2362)