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Nikitinoceras (Nikitinoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Nikitinoceras (Nikitinoceras) Solokov
2006Nikitinoceras (Nikitinoceras) Alsen p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCraspeditidaeSpath 1934
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusNikitinocerasSokolov 1913
subgenusNikitinocerasSolokov 1913

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2317.711.025.017.03.85
shell diameter2347.228.064.048.010.3
shell inflation2314.37.8019.114.82.81

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: Early/Lower Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Nikitinoceras intermedium, Nikitinoceras mokschensis (83742) Nikitinoceras tryptychiformis (83683 83684)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Nikitinoceras intermedium (83717) Nikitinoceras intermedium, Nikitinoceras mokschensis (83715)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Nikitinoceras inflatum, Nikitinoceras intermedium, Nikitinoceras mokschensis, Nikitinoceras variisculptum (83741)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Svalbard and Jan Mayen Polyptychites variisculptus (211955)