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Waehneroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae

Taxonomy
Waehneroceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Aegoceras tenerum.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Schlotheimiidae by Howarth (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Teneroceras Lange p. 97
1963Curviceras Blind p. 48
1967Psiloceras (Curviceras) Frebold
2002Waehneroceras Sepkoski
2013Waehneroceras Howarth p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySchlotheimiidaeSpath 1923
genusWaehneroceras

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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†Waehneroceras iapetus Spath 1924
†Waehneroceras tenerum Neumayr 1879
†Waehneroceras tomesi Spath 1924
Invalid names: Curviceras Blind 1963 [synonym], Teneroceras Lange 1952 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height119.9
shell diameter163.0
shell inflation128.8

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: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) W. iapetus (219463)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Hungary W. sp. (42785 87048)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile (Antofagasta) Curviceras sp. (210270)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Argentina (Mendoza) W. longipontinum (42765)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) W. portlocki (78504)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) Curviceras haidae (84964)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile Curviceras harpoptychum (209306)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) W. hircinum, W. portlocki, W. sp. (208924) W. hircinum, W. sp. (208923) W. portlocki, W. sp. (208925) W. sp., W. portlocki (208926) W. subangulare (208928)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Argentina (Mendoza) W. longipontinum (209628)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile (Antofagasta) Curviceras sp. (210191)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Peru Curviceras engonium (209051 209052 209236)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5Austria W. curvicorne (145363)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) W. tenerum (188600)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6Canada (British Columbia) W. columbiae (53878) W. sp. (53289)