Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pseudotissotia nigeriensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Hoplitoides nigeriensis was named by Woods (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Turonian; Europe, Western Africa.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gongila (Falconer collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Nigeria.

It was recombined as Bauchioceras nigeriensis by Reyment (1954); it was recombined as Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis by Reyment (1955) and Barber (1957); it was recombined as Bauchioceras nigeriense by Reyment (1979); it was recombined as Thomasites nigeriensis by Meister et al. (1992) and Meister et al. (1994); it was recombined as Pseudotissotia nigeriensis by Chancellor (1982), Meister (1989), Meister et al. (2003), Gale et al. (2005) and Zaoui et al. (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Hoplitoides nigeriensis Woods p. 284 figs. Pl 23, fig 3; pl 24, figs 1-5; text-fig 1
1930Pseudotissotia gabonensis Lombard p. 289 figs. Pl 29, figs a,b,c
1954Bauchioceras nigeriensis Reyment p. 158
1954Bauchioceras gabonense Reyment p. 159
1955Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis Reyment p. 71 figs. Pl 15, fig 2; pl 22, fig 3
1957Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis Barber p. 47 figs. Pl 21, fig 3; pl 22, fig 6; pl 34, figs 3,16
1979Bauchioceras nigeriense Reyment figs. figs. 17-37
1982Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Chancellor p. 116
1989Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Meister p. 44 figs. Pl 21, figs 4-6; pl 22, figs 1-4; pl 23, figs 1-5; pl 24, fig 1; pl 25, figs 1-7; pl 26, figs 1-3; p
1992Thomasites nigeriensis Meister et al. p. 78 figs. Pl 10, figs 4-6; pl 11, figs 3,4; text-fig 19
1994Thomasites nigeriensis Meister et al. p. 213 figs. Pl 7, figs 2-5; pl 8, figs 1-4; pl 9, figs 1-3; pl 10, fig 3; text-fig 12
2003Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Meister et al. p. 344 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; pl 4, fig 1
2005Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Gale et al. p. 186 figs. 10D,E, 12A,B,E, 13A,B
2024Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Zaoui et al. p. 6 fig. 5A

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusPseudotissotiaPeron 1887
speciesnigeriensis()

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.

show all | hide all
Invalid names: Pseudotissotia gabonensis Lombard 1930 [synonym]
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height648.224.070.851.015.3
shell diameter6106.370.0146.6106.525.7
shell inflation617.211.026.615.95.91

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Nigeria Pseudotissotia nigeriensis (82779 83024)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Gabon Pseudotissotia nigeriensis (175455)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Pseudotissotia gabonensis (209621)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Bauchioceras nigeriense (3812)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Pseudotissotia nigeriensis (175461)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Niger Thomasites nigeriensis (175436 175486 175487 175489)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Pseudotissotia nigeriensis, Pseudotissotia gabonensis (140888)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Gabon Pseudotissotia nigeriensis (175457)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Algeria Pseudotissotia nigeriensis (236203)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Bauchioceras tricarinatum (210210) Hoplitoides nigeriensis (117606) Pseudotissotia nigeriensis (83008 83010 83012 83021 83023 83025 83026 175525 175531 175543 175544 210102 210105)