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Paracaloceras rursicostatum ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)297410https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=297410
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Arietitidae : Vermiceras : Paracaloceras rursicostatum
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea
familyArietitidaeHyatt 1875
subfamilyArietitinaeHyatt 1875
genusVermiceras
subgenusVermiceras (Paracaloceras)Spath 1923
speciesParacaloceras rursicostatumFrebold 1967
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paracaloceras rursicostatumspeciesbelongs to Paracalocerasstated with evidenceFrebold, 1967
Paracaloceras rursicostatumspeciesbelongs to Metophiocerasstated with evidenceTaylor, 2000
Paracaloceras rursicostatumspeciesbelongs to Paracalocerasstated with evidenceLongridge et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Frebold. 1967. Hettangian ammonite faunas of the Taseko Lakes area British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 158:1-35

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1967Paracaloceras rursicostatum Frebold p. 26 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2; pl 9, fig 1
1995Paracaloceras rursicostatum Guex p. 54 figs. Pl 32, fig 1
2000Metophioceras rursicostatum Taylor figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2,9
2002Metophioceras rursicostatum Taylor and Guex figs. Pl 2, fig 8
2008Paracaloceras rursicostatum Longridge et al.
2008Paracaloceras rursicostatum Longridge et al. p. 391 figs. Pl 2, figs 19,21,22; text-figs 9U,10I

References

Frebold H. (1967) Hettangian ammonite faunas of the Taseko Lakes area British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 158, 1-35
Guex J. (1995) Ammonites hettangiennes de la Gabbs Valley Range (Nevada, USA), Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 27, 1-131
Taylor D.G. (2000) The Canadensis Zone (Early Jurassic) in the Shoshone Mountains Nevada, GeoResearch Forum 6, 211-224
Taylor D. G., Guex J. (2002) The Triassic/Jurassic System boundary in the John Day Inlier, east-central Oregon, Oregon Geology 64, 3-28
Longridge L. M., Pálfy J., et al (2008) Middle and late Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammonites from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 27 1, 191-248
Longridge L. M., Smith P. L., et al (2008) Late Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammonites from Taseko Lakes, British Columbia, Canada, Palaeontology 51, 367-404
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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