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Paracenoceras

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Paracenoceras Spath
1951Nautilus (Paracenoceras) Jeannet p. 10
1964Paracenoceras Teichert et al. p. 451
2002Paracenoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyParacenoceratidaeSpath 1927
genusParacenocerasSpath 1927

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.

G. †Paracenoceras Spath 1927
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†Paracenoceras acklini Jeannet 1951
†Paracenoceras arduennense d'Orbigny 1850
†Paracenoceras blakei Jeannet 1951
†Paracenoceras dilatatum Jeannet 1951
†Paracenoceras dorsatus Roemer 1836
†Paracenoceras dorsoexcavatus Parona and Bonarelli 1895
†Paracenoceras ennianum Dacque 1905
†Paracenoceras giganteum d'Orbigny 1843
†Paracenoceras granulosum d'Orbigny 1843
†Paracenoceras hexagonum Sowerby 1826
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Invalid names: Nautilus wandaensis Waagen 1873 [synonym]
†Paracenoceras jumarense Waagen 1873
†Paracenoceras lorioli von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras macrum Tinant 1987
†Paracenoceras marocense Miller and Collinson 1952
†Paracenoceras mjatschkowanus von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras moreausum d'Orbigny 1843
†Paracenoceras noetlingi Halder and Bardhan 1997
†Paracenoceras rollieri von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras sattleri Krenkel 1910
†Paracenoceras schusteri von Loesch 1912
†Paracenoceras siculus Gemmellaro 1868
†Paracenoceras sinuosus Roemer 1836
†Paracenoceras speciosum Tinant 1987
†Paracenoceras sulcatum Tinant 1987
†Paracenoceras wepferi von Loesch 1914
†Paracenoceras wilmae Jeannet 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3654.813.0136.056.028.4
shell diameter36100.533.0250.0100.056.2
shell inflation3613.64.5047.017.012.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 168.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (99 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13862 13906)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum (48300) P. prohexagonum (48340 48404) P. sp. (48316 48450 48454) P. sp., P. prohexagonum (48405)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) P. speciosum (175854)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) P. sp. A, P. calloviense, P. jumarense, P. prohexagonum, P. noetlingi (98374)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Ethiopia P. prohexagonum (197160)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Pakistan P. noetlingi (171088 171089)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toamasina) P. skumagunense (234065)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Deux-Sèvres) P. speciosum (167340)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia P. dilatatum (47877 47878) P. sp. (48585)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) P. calloviense, P. meridionale (2602)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (31077)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland P. calloviense, P. blakei (235870)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Nautilus calloviensis, Nautilus jumarensis, Nautilus giganteus (98155) Nautilus giganteus (98122) P. calloviense (98094 98130 98165) P. calloviense, P. kumagunense (98129) P. kumagunense (98126 98161 98184)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) P. calloviense (167362)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Nautilus dilatatus, Nautilus calloviensis, Nautilus herznachensis, Nautilus subhexagonus, Nautilus acklini (171556) Nautilus dilatatus, Nautilus herznachensis (171555) Nautilus sp., Nautilus herznachensis, Nautilus acklini (171558) Nautilus subhexagonus (171591) Nautilus wilmae (171553)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) P. jumarense, P. kumagunense (98212)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Maine et Loire) P. nov. sp. (167341)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Nautilus giganteus (171497)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia P. marocense (166827 171162 171163 171164)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Nautilus calloviensis (171557) Nautilus herznachensis (171560) Nautilus wilmae, Nautilus calloviensis, Nautilus kumagunense (171554)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) P. calloviense (167363)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13667) P. sp. (13614)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia P. dorsoexcavatum, P. dilatatum (34544)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13791 13858 13864 13868 13901) P. sp. (13786)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Paracenoceras indet. (13515)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Nautilus arduennensis (171562) Nautilus calloviensis (171559) Nautilus rollieri (171491 171563) Nautilus subhexagonus, Nautilus arduennensis (171561)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia P. arduennense (225465)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum (225466)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia P. arduennense (46296) P. hexagonum (45563 46047) P. hexagonum, P. arduennense (45991) P. sp. (46059 46303)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India (Gujarat) P. giganteum (167389 167390) P. hexagonum (98372) P. lorioli (167391)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia P. hexagonum (94495)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Egypt Nautilus hexagonus, Nautilus giganteus (171262)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Nautilus mjatschkowanus (171492)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain P. franconicus (67867) P. sp. (67866)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21Somalia P. hexagonum (100372)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Morocco P. marocense (171165)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Nautilus arduennensis (171493)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) P. sp. (185665)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum, P. wepferi (225469)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21France P. lorioli (167355 167359) P. staffelbergense (167357 167358)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France Nautilus giganteus (171498) Nautilus schusteri (171175)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Tanzania Nautilus dorsatus (35569)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Saudi Arabia P. hexagonum, P. wepferi (45650) P. moreausum (45648) P. wepferi (45692)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia Nautilus ennianus (94585)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Tanzania Nautilus dorsatus (35570)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian149.2 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) P. sp. (2571)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tanzania Nautilus sattleri (166267)