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Psiloceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Psilonoticeras Quenstedt p. 10
1919Paraphylloceras Salfeld p. 459
1952Psiloceras (Paraphylloceras) Lange
1970Psiloceras Wiedmann p. 1013
1980Transipsiloceras Guex p. 138
1981Primapsiloceras Repin p. 1396
2002Psiloceras Sepkoski
2007Transipsiloceras Longridge et al.
2007Psiloceras Yin et al. p. 726
2013Psiloceras Howarth p. 3
2013Paraphylloceras Howarth p. 6
2015Psiloceras Hillebrandt and Kment p. 285
2019Psiloceras Riccardi p. 145

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPsiloceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusPsiloceras

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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Subg. †Psiloceras (Discamphiceras) Schlegelmilch 1976
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†Psiloceras angulocostatum Hillebrandt and Kment 2015
†Psiloceras calliphylloides Pompeckj 1893
†Psiloceras calliphyllum Neumayr 1879
†Psiloceras marcouxi Guex et al. 1998
†Psiloceras pacificum Guex 1980
†Psiloceras planorbis Sowerby 1824
†Psiloceras plicatulum Quenstedt 1883
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Invalid names: Caloceras crassicostatum Guex 1995 [synonym]
†Psiloceras pressum Hillebrandt 2000
†Psiloceras primocostatum Hillebrandt 1988
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Invalid names: Psiloceras minillaensis Hillebrandt 2000 [synonym], Psiloceras planocostatum Hillebrandt 2000 [synonym]
†Psiloceras rectocostatum Hillebrandt 1988
†Psiloceras reynesi Spath 1924
†Psiloceras spelae Guex et al. 1998
†Psiloceras strongolum Lange 1952
†Psiloceras tibeticum Yin et al. 2007
†Psiloceras tilmanni Lange 1925
Invalid names: Paraphylloceras Salfeld 1919 [synonym], Primapsiloceras Repin 1981 [synonym], Psilonoticeras Quenstedt 1883 [objective synonym], Transipsiloceras Guex 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1112.74.0023.012.95.56
shell diameter1142.613.0112.046.325.6
shell inflation1118.211.027.419.95.45

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 Rhaetian to the top of the Hettangian or 208.50000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (157 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Chile P. minillaensis (209291)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Tirol) P. spelae (208600)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3Hungary P. sp. (42783)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3United Kingdom (England) Ammonites planorbis (96611)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (England) Ammonites planorbis (84121)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (33383 34189 34190)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) P. plicatulum, P. planorbis (219462)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Spain P. sp. (201832)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China P. calliphyllum (73928 73929 73930 73934)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) P. sp. (204161)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3New Zealand P. sp. (50761)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Chile (Huasco) P. sp. (223236)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Canada (British Columbia) P. planorbis (157528)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Chile (Taltal) P. sp. (210054)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Argentina (Mendoza) P. rectocostatum (50818)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) P. calliphyllum, P. rectocostatum (208922) P. majus (208913 208915 208916 208917) P. majus, P. planocostatum (208914) P. majus, P. plicatum (208918) P. planocostatum (97512) P. plicatum (208919 208920) P. polymorphum (97516) P. tilmanni (97502 97503 97505 97515) P. tilmanni, P. marcouxi (97510) P. tilmanni, P. polymorphum (97517) Transipsiloceras transiens (97514)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp., P. crassicostatum (209627)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Austria P. angulocostatum (182929) P. angulocostatum, P. planorbis (182928)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France P. circacostatum, P. rahana, P. planorbis (39215)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Austria (Tirol) P. costosum, P. calliphyllum (208596) P. pacificum (208588 208591 208595) P. sp. (208589) P. spelae (208587 208593) P. tilmanni (208590 208594)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Peru P. planocostatum (209226) P. tilmanni (209039 209040 209041 209042 209043 209048 209050 209055 209219 209220 209221 209222 209224 209225 209233 209234) P. tilmanni, P. planocostatum (209227)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Germany P. psilonotum, P. sp. (28867)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile P. calliphylloides (209313) P. callyphylloides (209599) P. crassicostatum (209353 209360 209603) P. crassicostatum, P. calliphylloides (209310) P. distinctum (210188) P. minillaensis (209309 209316 209359 209601) P. minillaensis, P. pressum (209571 209575) P. perezi, P. pressum (209602) P. pressum (209322 209576 209577) P. primocostatum (209285 209352 209569) P. primocostatum, P. minillaensis (209305 209502 209570) P. rectocostatum (209288 209351 209503 209578 209579 209580 209597) P. sp. (209247 209317 209565 209573) P. tilmanni (209600)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile (Antofagasta) P. polymorphum (210270)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) P. planorbis (29227 29228) P. sp. (163292 163299)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) P. sp. A, P. sp. (188597)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile P. perezi (209277 209278 209496)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) P. laqueus (29231 29232)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile (Antofagasta) P. callyphyllum (210562)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile P. crassicostatum (209289 209306) P. perezi (209286 209549) P. sp. (209268 209269 209275) P. sp., P. perezi (209373)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5Austria P. calliphyllum (173596 173599) P. planorbis (182930) P. plicatulum (145361) P. psilonotum, P. sp., P. calliphyllum (145363)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5Argentina (Mendoza) P. rectocosatum (181949) P. tilmanni (42764)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5Spain P. sp. (114556 114574)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) Caloceras crassicostatum (188607) P. marcouxi (76621) P. pacificum (188606 188611 188613) P. pacificum, P. tilmanni (76623) P. pacificum, Transipsiloceras transiens (188598) P. polymorphum (188612 188614 188615 188616) P. polymorphum, Caloceras crassicostatum, Transipsiloceras transiens (188600) P. tilmanni (188601) P. tilmanni, P. spelae (76614)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) P. planorbis (78501) P. sp. (78502)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France P. circacostatum, P. planorbis (39382) P. rahana, P. planorbis (39381 39387)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5China (Tibet) P. tibeticum (73904)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Austria P. sp. (38057)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8New Zealand P. sp. (51865 51866)