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Nordiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nordiceratidae

Taxonomy
Nordiceras was named by Bogoslovsky (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1042]. It is not extant. Its type is Prolecanites timanicus. It is the type genus of Nordiceratidae.

It was assigned to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nordiceratidae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Nordiceras Bogoslovsky
2002Nordiceras Korn and Klug p. 124
2002Nordiceras Sepkoski
2006Nordiceras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyBelocerataceae
familyNordiceratidae
genusNordicerasBogoslovsky 1955

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.

G. †Nordiceras Bogoslovsky 1955
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†Nordiceras middletoni House 2002
†Nordiceras timanicum Holzapfel 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height24.494.204.804.500.424
shell diameter210.08.2012.310.22.90
shell inflation22.121.004.502.752.47

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 382.31000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Prolecanites timanicus (172218)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0United Kingdom (England) N. middletoni (135984)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Russian Federation (Komi Republic) N. timanicum (172454 172455 172461 172462 172464)