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Description

Peltoceras is an extinct ammonite genus from the aspidoceratid subfamily Peltoceratinae that lived during the later part of the Middle Jurassic (U Callovian).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626726	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626726
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15378	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15378

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Aspidoceratidae : Peltoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Aspidoceratidae : Peltoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Aspidoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Peltoceratinae	Spath 1924
genus	Peltoceras	Waagen 1871

Scientific Name

Peltoceras Waagen, 1871

Name Published In

Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind., 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Peltoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Peltoceras	genus	belongs to Peltoceratinae	stated with evidence	Parent, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

161 - 151 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltoceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Peltoceras (Peltoceras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		21	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Peltoceras (Peltomorphites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Peltoceras athleta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peltoceras berckhemeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Peltoceras constrictum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peltoceras convexum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Peltoceras cricotum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peltoceras modeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Peltoceras monacanthum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peltoceras neogaeum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peltoceras occidentale ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Peltoceras oeschingense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Peltoceras pseudolorioli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peltoceras subtense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Peltoceras trifidum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Peltoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Peltoceras Parent p. 24

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Parent H. (2006) Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America), Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76 1-2, 1-70

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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