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Lithacoceratinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Lithacoceratinae Zeiss
1994Lithacoceratinae Zeiss et al. p. 370
2014Lithacoceratinae Bulot et al. p. 116
2014Lithacoceratidae Vasicek and Skupien p. 133
2016Lithacoceratinae Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 158
2017Lithacoceratinae Scherzinger and Schweigert p. 156
2023Lithacoceratinae Vašíček et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968

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.

Subfm. †Lithacoceratinae Zeiss 1968
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G. †Danubisphinctes Zeiss 1968
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Invalid names: Pseudokatroliceras Sarti 1988 [synonym]
G. †Dorsoplanitoides Zeiss 1968
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†Dorsoplanitoides bassanii Del Campana 1905
Subfm. †Franconitinae Zeiss 1968
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G. †Lithacoceras Hyatt 1900
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Subg. †Lithacoceras (Lithacoceras) Howarth 1998
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Invalid names: Ammonites eupalus d'Orbigny 1850 [nomen oblitum]
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Invalid names: Lithacoceras (Virgalithacoceras) acricostatum Ohmert and Zeiss 1980 [synonym], Substeueroceras durangoensis Munoz 1964 [synonym], Virgatosphinctes guadalupensis Imlay 1943 [synonym]
†Lithacoceras mombassanum Dacqué 1910
†Lithacoceras sigali Collignon 1959
†Lithacoceras soucadeauxi Collignon 1959
†Lithacoceras ulmensis Oppel 1858
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†Moravisphinctes fischeri Kilian 1889
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Invalid names: Moravisphinctes flexuosus Tavera 1985 [synonym]
G. †Pseudodiscosphinctes Oloriz 1978
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G. †Pseudosubplanites Le Hegarat 1973
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†Pseudosubplanites crymensis Bogdanova and Arkadiev 2005
†Pseudosubplanites euxinus Retowski 1894
†Pseudosubplanites fasciculatus Bogdanova and Arkadiev 2005
†Pseudosubplanites grandis Mazenot 1939
†Pseudosubplanites ponticus Retowski 1893
Subfm. †Richterellinae Sapunov 1977
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G. †Richterella Avram 1974
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†Richterella richteri Ippel 1868
G. †Usseliceras Zeiss 1968
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Subg. †Usseliceras (Subplanitoides) Zeiss 1968
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†Subplanitoides radiatus Oloriz 1978
Subg. †Usseliceras (Usseliceras) Zeiss 1968
G. †Xenosphinctes Scherzinger and Schweigert 2017
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†Xenosphinctes berkai Scherzinger and Schweigert 2017
G. †Zittelites Énay 2018
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†Zittelites eudichotomus Zittel 1868
Invalid names: Zittelia Tavera Benitez 1985 [replaced]
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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 161.20000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (167 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain Lithacoceras richei (67867) Lithacoceras richei, Lithacoceras sp. (67866)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Lithacoceras thyrrhenum (98213) Lithacoceras torquatiforme, Lithacoceras mombassanum (98192)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Russian Federation Lithacoceras sp. (213006)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Somalia Lithacoceras sp., Lithacoceras sp. (100372)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Berriasian163.5 - 140.2Russian Federation Pseudosubplanites ponticus (213005)
Oxfordian - Berriasian163.5 - 139.8Spain Danubisphinctes sp., Usseliceras sp., Franconites pseudojubatum, Pseudodiscosphinctes sp., Subplanitoides sp. (73297)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Lithacoceras torquatiforme (234266) Lithacoceras tyrrhenum (234238)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Lithacoceras grandiplex (12307) Lithacoceras heidenheimensis (12306) Lithacoceras steichenensis, Lithacoceras evolutum (12304)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Lithacoceras larcheri, Lithacoceras subschilli, Lithacoceras mindowe, Lithacoceras kreutzi, Lithacoceras richei, Lithacoceras lucingae, Lithacoceras jelskii, Lithacoceras aeneas (12291 12292) Lithacoceras latumbilicata (12293)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Texas) Lithacoceras malonianum (69010)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Hungary Progeronia sp. (154739)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Algeria Progeronia breviceps (45062 45064 45066 45071 45073)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar Lithacoceras submazuricum, Lithacoceras sigali (234268)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Lithacoceras mombassanum (2574)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) Progeronia sp. (185666)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Saudi Arabia Lithacoceras sp. (184583)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Progeronia breviceps, Progeronia metamorpha (198350) Progeronia progeron, Progeronia triplex (198349) Progeronia simplex (198351) Progeronia unicompta, Progeronia metamorpha (198353)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) Subplanitoides sp. (192467)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar Lithacoceras soucadeauxi (234291)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Lithacoceras ulmense (198384) Progeronia ernesti (198370 198371) Virgalithacoceras tantalus (198313 198337)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Lithacoceras faselterum, Lithacoceras onukii, Lithacoceras ulmense (154138)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian152.1 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Lithacoceras mombassanum (2571) Lithacoceras sp., Lithacoceras mombassanum (2617) Lithacoceras ulmense, Lithacoceras mombassanum (2544 2569)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Canada (British Columbia) Lithacoceras sp., Lithacoceras sp. (114691)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Cuba Lithacoceras sp. (57717)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Hungary Danubisphinctes bassanii (154766 160426) Danubisphinctes bassanii, Pseudodiscosphinctes chalmasi (154768) Pseudodiscosphinctes chalmasi (154765 160425) Pseudodiscosphinctes chalmasi, Subplanitoides pouzinensis (154763 154767 160423) Pseudodiscosphinctes sp. (154769) Richterella richteri, Subplanitoides pouzinensis (154764 160424)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Russian Federation Pseudosubplanites ponticus, Pseudosubplanites euxinus (213004)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Lithacoceras sp. (10697)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Midi-Pyrenees) Lithacoceras ulmensis (94549)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Franconites fascipartitus (177627) Richterella richteri (177628)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Danubisphinctes n. sp. 1, Danubisphinctes n. sp. 2, Pseudodiscosphinctes geron, Pseudodiscosphinctes bartheli, Subplanitoides pouzinensis, Subplanitoides radiatus (184803) Danubisphinctes n. sp. 2 (184799) Danubisphinctes n. sp. 2, Pseudodiscosphinctes sp., Pseudodiscosphinctes geron, Subplanitoides radiatus (184800) Dorsoplanitoides bassanii (184794) Pseudodiscosphinctes geron (184806) Pseudodiscosphinctes geron, Subplanitoides pouzinensis (184802) Pseudodiscosphinctes geron, Subplanitoides radiatus (184797) Subplanitoides radiatus (184801)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Lithacoceras abbachense, Lithacoceras eystettense, Lithacoceras fructicans, Lithacoceras priscum, Lithacoceras pubescens, Lithacoceras riedense, Lithacoceras subulmense, Lithacoceras supremum, Lithacoceras ulmense (13412) Lithacoceras eystettense, Lithacoceras supremum, Lithacoceras ulmense (13414)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras altegyratum, Usseliceras spindelense, Usseliceras scwertschlageri, Dorsoplanitoides triplicatus (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras spindelense (13425)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy (Ancona) Danubisphinctes mutabilis (46538) Subplanitoides mediterraneus (46386) Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras waltheri, Usseliceras spindelense (45891)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lithacoceras ulmense (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Franconites astrictus, Franconites communis, Franconites sparsicostatus, Franconites pectinatiformis, Franconites robustus, Franconites vimineus, Dorsoplanitoides bavaricus (13445) Franconites communis, Franconites robustus (13437) Franconites communis, Franconites robustus, Franconites tenuiplicatus (13434) Franconites pectinatiformis (13443) Franconites procurvus, Franconites astrictus, Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites stephanovi, Franconites tenuiplicatus, Franconites pseudojubatus, Franconites pectinatiformis, Franconites robustus (13441 13444) Franconites procurvus, Franconites rohrbachensis, Franconites robustus, Franconites vimineus, Dorsoplanitoides bavaricus (13439) Franconites procurvus, Franconites rohrbachensis, Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites communis, Franconites robustus, Franconites tenuiplicatus, Franconites vimineus, Dorsoplanitoides bavaricus (13436) Franconites pseudojubatus, Franconites pectinatiformis, Franconites robustus (13442) Franconites rohrbachensis, Franconites astrictus, Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites communis, Franconites robustus, Franconites tenuiplicatus, Franconites vimineus, Dorsoplanitoides ammerfeldensis, Dorsoplanitoides bavaricus (13440) Franconites stephanovi, Franconites pectinatiformis, Dorsoplanitoides bavaricus (13446) Franconites tenuicostatus, Franconites communis (13435) Franconites vimineus (13433) Lithacoceras albulum, Lithacoceras eystettense, Lithacoceras supremum, Lithacoceras ulmense (13413) Lithacoceras riedense, Xenosphinctes berkai (193290) Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras fascipartitum, Usseliceras altegyratum (13416) Usseliceras obscurum, Usseliceras altegyratum, Dorsoplanitoides triplicatus (13423) Usseliceras obscurum, Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras tithonicum, Dorsoplanitoides triplicatus (13427) Usseliceras obscurum, Usseliceras schwertschlageri, Usseliceras schneidi, Usseliceras altegyratum, Usseliceras tithonicum (13415) Usseliceras obscurum, Usseliceras tagmersheimense, Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras fascipartitum, Usseliceras schwertschlageri, Usseliceras schneidi, Usseliceras altegyratum, Usseliceras tithonicum, Usseliceras spindelense (13417) Usseliceras oppeli, Usseliceras altegyratum, Usseliceras spindelense (13428) Usseliceras parvinodosum (13431) Usseliceras parvinodosum, Usseliceras schwertschlageri, Usseliceras schneidi, Usseliceras oppeli, Usseliceras altegyratum, Usseliceras tithonicum, Usseliceras spindelense (13432) Usseliceras schneidi, Usseliceras waltheri (13421) Usseliceras schwertschlageri (13429) Usseliceras schwertschlageri, Usseliceras altegyratum (13420) Usseliceras schwertschlageri, Usseliceras altegyratum, Usseliceras spindelense (13426) Usseliceras subvimineum, Usseliceras levicostatum, Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras fascipartitum, Usseliceras oppeli, Usseliceras tithonicum, Usseliceras spindelense, Dorsoplanitoides triplicatus (13430) Usseliceras tagmersheimense, Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras schwertschlageri (13419) Usseliceras tithonicum, Usseliceras spindelense (13422)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Romania Franconites vimineus (198341) Lithacoceras ulmense (198387)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Franconites vimineus (13438) Usseliceras obscurum, Usseliceras tagmersheimense, Usseliceras franconicum, Usseliceras fascipartitum, Usseliceras schwertschlageri, Usseliceras altegyratum, Usseliceras tithonicum, Usseliceras spindelense, Usseliceras waltheri (13418)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France Moravisphinctes fischeri (174767 174777 174778 174779 174780 174781 174782 174783 174784 183717 183718 183719 183720 183722) Richterella richteri (11910)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Peru Moravisphinctes sp. (37887 66399)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico Berriasella lorioli (197725 197729 197747 197968)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Chile Lithacoceras malarguense (175925 175931)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Iran Pseudosubplanites lorioli (158999) Pseudosubplanites ponticus, Pseudosubplanites crymensis (158995)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Czech Republic Pseudosubplanites grandis (159007 177623 177624 177626) Pseudosubplanites lorioli, Pseudosubplanites grandis (202901)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Serbia and Montenegro Pseudosubplanites grandis (230821 230842) Pseudosubplanites grandis, Pseudosubplanites subrichteri (230826) Pseudosubplanites lorioli (230836 230837 230840) Pseudosubplanites lorioli, Pseudosubplanites grandis (230839 230841) Pseudosubplanites ponticus (230833) Pseudosubplanites ponticus, Pseudosubplanites fasciculatus (230838) Pseudosubplanites subrichteri (230823 230824)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Hungary Danubisphinctes bassanii, Pseudodiscosphinctes chalmasi (160428) Pseudodiscosphinctes chalmasi, Subplanitoides pouzinensis (160427) Pseudodiscosphinctes sp. (160429)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Russian Federation Pseudosubplanites combesi (47712) Pseudosubplanites sp. (47711) Pseudosubplanites sp., Pseudosubplanites grandis (47713)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2France Pseudosubplanites ponticus (11912)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Mexico (Oaxaca) Pseudosubplanites jauberti (171678)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine Pseudosubplanites combesi, Pseudosubplanites lorioli, Pseudosubplanites ponticus, Pseudosubplanites grandis (163877) Pseudosubplanites lorioli (163883) Pseudosubplanites lorioli, Pseudosubplanites ponticus (163885 163888)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Georgia Pseudosubplanites sp. (2112)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Poland Pseudosubplanites jauberti (2094)