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Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Schloenbachia (Peroniceras) dravidica was named by Kossmat (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Coniacian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Peroniceras dravidicum by Lombard (1930), Reyment (1958); it was recombined as Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum by Kennedy (1984), Klinger and Kennedy (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. subtricarinatun, P. tricarinatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Schloenbachia (Peroniceras) dravidica Kossmat p. 190 figs. pl. 22, fig. 3
1930Peroniceras dravidicum Lombard p. 294 figs. Pl 30, fig 1
1958Peroniceras dravidicum Reyment p. 65
1984Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum Kennedy p. 78 figs. Pl 15, figs 4,5; text-figs 13I,J, 18F, 22
1984Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum Klinger and Kennedy p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyPeroniceratinae()
genusPeronicerasde Grossouvre 1894
subgenusPeronicerasde Grossouvre 1894
speciesdravidicum(Kossmat 1895)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1623.913.145.024.09.10
shell diameter1679.344.0150.080.031.1
shell inflation1637.619.083.038.016.2

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 Middle Coniacian to the top of the Coniacian or 89.30000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Gabon Peroniceras dravidicum (209614)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon Peroniceras dravidicum (209681)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa Peroniceras dravidicum (82440 82443 82444 82445)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France Peroniceras dravidicum (178995 178996 178997)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8India (Tamil Nadu) Peroniceras dravidicum (46503)