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Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy

Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) was named by Spath (1924).

It was assigned to Peltoceratoides by Alberti et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) constantii, Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) eugeniforme, Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) williamsoni

Species lacking formal opinion data

Peltoceratoides intercissus, Peltoceratoides semirugosa, Peltoceratoides semirugosus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1924	Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) Spath
2011	Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) Alberti et al. p. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Aspidoceratoidea	Zittel 1895
family	Aspidoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Peltoceratinae	Spath 1924
genus	Peltoceratoides
subgenus	Peltoceratoides	Spath 1924

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.

Subg. †Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) Spath 1924

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†Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) constantii d'Orbigny 1848

†Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) eugeniforme Arkell 1944

†Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides) williamsoni Phillips 1829

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	4	33.6	12.5	75.0	37.0	25.9
shell diameter	4	99.9	40.5	210.0	108.5	70.1
shell inflation	4	43.2	18.2	89.4	46.2	29.4

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: base of the Early/Lower Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian	164.7 - 155.7	Poland	Peltoceratoides williamsoni (228422)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	India (Gujarat)	Peltoceratoides constantii (163871) Peltoceratoides eugeniforme (163874)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	India (Gujarat)	Peltoceratoides constantii (163868) Peltoceratoides constantii, Peltoceratoides eugeniforme (163870) Peltoceratoides williamsoni (163872)