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Pleuroacanthites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuroacanthites was named by Canavari (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites biformis.

It was assigned to Pleuroacanthitidae by Yin et al. (2007); to Pleuroacanthinae by Hoffmann (2010); and to Pleuroacanthitinae by Hoffmann (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Pleuroacanthites Canavari p. 279
1900Parapsiloceras Hyatt p. 574
2007Pleuroacanthites Yin et al. p. 721
2010Pleuroacanthites Hoffmann p. 18
2015Pleuroacanthites Hoffmann p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyPleuroacanthitinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusPleuroacanthitesCanavari 1883

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. †Pleuroacanthites Canavari 1883
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Pleuroacanthites biformis Sowerby 1831
Pleuroacanthites charlottensis Longridge et al. 2008
Invalid names: Parapsiloceras Hyatt 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Hoffmann 2015Very evolute, many whorls, whorl section depressed in earliest whorls, subcircular later; early whorls bear lateral parabolic nodes, which turn into curved parabolic lines on middle whorls that are markedly rursiradiate on the whorl sides, and curve strongly forwards over the ventrolateral shoulders to form a long ventral sinus; adult body chamber may have an obliquely angled venter and large ventrolateral parabolic spines; occasional constrictions on the inner whorls; suture line lytoceratid, but with phylloid saddle endings; possibly dimorphic from the presence of small-sized adult microconchs (Wähner, 1894; Wiedmann, 1970; Guex, 1980)
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height99.886.3020.58.005.26
diameter946.223.8203.044.356.8
inflation923.912.1119.022.834.0
shell height13.00----
shell diameter18.50----

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: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China P. biformmis (73931)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) P. biformis (188632 188642) P. mulleri (188605 188608 188609 188610 188641 188643) P. psilomorphum (188602)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) P. biformis (84923 84969 84970) P. biformis, P. charlottensis (84926 84964) P. charlottensis (84962) P. sp. (84734)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5USA (Alaska) P. mulleri (68689)