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Wrightoceras munieri

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pseudotissotidae

Taxonomy
Hoplitoides munieri was named by Pervinquiére (1907). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bauchioceras (Wrightoceras) munieri by Reyment (1954); it was recombined as Wrightoceras munieri by Chancellor (1982), Zaborski (1987), Kennedy et al. (1987), Chancellor et al. (1994), Meister et al. (2003), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2007), Kennedy et al. (2008), Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Hoplitoides munieri Pervinquiére p. 217 figs. pl. 10, figs. 3a-b
1954Bauchioceras (Wrightoceras) munieri Reyment p. 160
1956Hoplitoides inca Benavides-Caceres p. 475 figs. pl. 63, figs. 6-11
1967Proplacenticeras zeharense Collignon p. 33 figs. pl. 18, figs. 5, 6
1967Imlayiceras washbourni Leanza p. 198 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1-4
1982Wrightoceras munieri Chancellor p. 119
1982Hoplitoides munieri Renz p. 100
1987Wrightoceras munieri Kennedy et al. p. 58
1987Wrightoceras munieri Zaborski p. 51 figs. 38, 40
1994Wrightoceras munieri Chancellor et al. p. 96
2003Wrightoceras munieri Meister et al. p. 345 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
2007Wrightoceras munieri Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 480 figs. 10.3, 10.4
2008Wrightoceras munieri Kennedy et al. p. 163 figs. Pl 2, fig 7; pl 3, fig 3; pl 7, fig 3; pl 9, figs 1-6,10,11
2012Wrightoceras munieri Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich p. 74 fig. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotidae(Hyatt 1903)
genusWrightoceras()
speciesmunieri(Pervinquiére 1907)

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.

†Wrightoceras munieri Pervinquiére 1907
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Invalid names: Hoplitoides inca Benavides-Caceres 1956 [synonym], Imlayiceras washbourni Leanza 1967 [synonym], Proplacenticeras zeharense Collignon 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height430.720.047.431.112.0
shell diameter454.435.085.554.621.7
shell inflation44.222.009.204.153.06

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 Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Gabon Wrightoceras munieri (175455)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Peru (Cajamarca) Hoplitoides inca (56898 56899 159009)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Wrightoceras munieri (186915)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico Wrightoceras mirabile (73576)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela Hoplitoides munieri (88078)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Peru Hoplitoides inca (158990)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Wrightoceras munieri (69518)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Wrightoceras munieri (175005 175006 175007)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Wrightoceras munieri (140588)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Wrightoceras munieri (4898 80991)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Wrightoceras munieri (88843 88854)