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Sonniniidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Sonniniidae was named by Buckman (1892). Its type is Sonninia.

It was assigned to Harpocerataceae by Arkell (1952); and to Hildoceratoidea by Howarth (2013), Sandoval (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Sonniniidae Buckman
1952Sonniniidae Arkell p. 269
2013Sonniniidae Howarth p. 115
2022Sonniniidae Sandoval p. 807

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892

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.

Fm. †Sonniniidae Buckman 1892
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Subfm. †Sonniniinae Buckman 1892
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G. †Pseudoshirbuirnia Dietz 2005
G. †Sonninia Douville 1879
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Subg. †Sonninia (Alaskinia) Westermann 1978
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Invalid names: Sonninia (Alaskoceras) Westermann 1969 [replaced]
Subg. †Sonninia (Euhoploceras) Buckman 1913
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Invalid names: Sonninia biplicata Buckman 1893 [synonym], Sonninia crassibullata Buckman 1893 [synonym], Sonninia crassiformis Buckman 1893 [synonym], Sonninia crassispinata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia irregularis Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia magnispinata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia multispinata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia ptycta Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia spinocostata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia subspinosa Buckman 1893 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Sherbornites projectifer Buckman 1923 [synonym], Sonninia crassicostata Buckman 1893 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nannoceras Buckman 1923 [synonym], Sherbornites Buckman 1923 [synonym], Stiphromorphites Buckman 1923 [synonym]
Subg. †Sonninia (Papilliceras) Buckman 1920
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Papilliceras blackwelderi Crickmay 1933
Papilliceras juramontanum Crickmay 1933
Papilliceras stantoni Crickmay 1933
Invalid names: Prepapillites Buckman 1927 [synonym]
Subg. †Sonninia (Sonninia) Douville 1879
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Sonninia (Sonninia) falcata Quenstedt 1886
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Invalid names: Ammonites tessonianus Quenstedt 1858 [replaced], Harpoceras alsaticum Haug 1885 [synonym]
Sonninia altecostata Tornquist 1898
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Invalid names: Sonninia curviplex Tornquist 1898 [synonym], Sonninia gracilis Tornquist 1898 [synonym]
Sonninia alternata Buckman 1893
Sonninia argentinica Tornquist 1898
Sonninia bodenbenderi Tornquist 1898
Sonninia crassa Buckman 1893
Sonninia crassinuda Buckman 1893
Sonninia espinazitensis Tornquist 1898
Sonninia fascicostata Tornquist 1898
Sonninia intumescens Tornquist 1898
Sonninia mirabilis Tornquist 1898
Sonninia nuda Buckman 1893
Sonninia stelzneri Gottsche 1878
Sonninia subdeltafalcata Tornquist 1898
Sonninia subtrigonata Buckman 1889
Sonninia tuxedniensis Imlay 1964
Invalid names: Waagenia Bayle 1878 [replaced]
G. †Sonninites Buckman 1923
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Sonninites felix Buckman 1923
Sonninites sulcatus Buckman 1889
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Invalid names: Sonninia deltafalcata Quenstedt 1858 [synonym]
Subfm. †Witchelliinae Callomon and Chandler 2006
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Asthenoceras nannodes Buckman 1890
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Dorsetensia arabica Arkell 1952
Dorsetensia edouardiana d'Orbigny 1846
Dorsetensia hannoverana Hiltermann 1939
Dorsetensia hebridica Morton 1972
Dorsetensia liostraca Buckman 1892
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Invalid names: Dorsetensia liostraca subtecta Huf 1968 [invalid subgroup]
Dorsetensia pinguis Roemer 1836
Dorsetensia romani Schlegelmilch 1985
Dorsetensia tessoniana d'Orbigny 1846
Invalid names: Dorsetensia liostraca tecta Huf 1968 [invalid subgroup]
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Fontannesia austroamericana Jaworski 1926
Fontannesia montillanensis Linares and Sandoval 1988
Invalid names: Darellella Buckman 1904 [synonym], Nannina Buckman 1927 [synonym]
G. †Guhsania
G. †Newmarracarroceras Hall 1989
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Invalid names: Dorsetensia etheridgei Whitehouse 1924 [synonym], Fontannesia whitehousei Arkell 1954 [synonym]
G. †Witchellia Buckman 1889
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Witchellia albida Buckman 1926
Witchellia australica Arkell 1954
Witchellia companyi Sandoval 2022
Witchellia connata Buckman 1927
Witchellia hyalina Buckman 1924
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Invalid names: Sonninites simulans Buckman 1926 [synonym]
Witchellia jugifera Waagen 1867
Witchellia laeviuscula Sowerby 1824
Witchellia macer Buckman 1889
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Invalid names: Maceratites aurifer Buckman 1928 [synonym], Maceratites costulatus Buckman 1928 [synonym]
Witchellia minima Hiltermann 1939
Witchellia moisyi Brasil 1893
Witchellia nodatipinguis Buckman 1923
Witchellia peleka Buckman 1923
Witchellia romanoides Douville 1885
Witchellia ruber Buckman 1926
Witchellia sayni Haug 1893
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Invalid names: Ludwigia corrugata Douville 1885 [synonym]
Witchellia striata Sandoval 2022
Witchellia sutneroides Westermann 1969
Invalid names: Anolkoleiites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Dundryites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Gelasinites Buckman 1925 [synonym], Hyalinites Buckman 1924 [synonym], Maceratites Buckman 1928 [synonym], Pelekodites Buckman 1923 [synonym], Rubrileiites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Spatulites Buckman 1928 [synonym], Zugella Buckman 1927 [synonym], Zugophorites Buckman 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available