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Nomismoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Nomismoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nomismoceras was named by Foord and Crick (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 954]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Nomismocerataceae, Nomismoceratidae.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nomismoceratidae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009), Korn and Sudar (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Nomismoceras Foord and Crick
2002Nomismoceras Sepkoski
2006Nomismoceras Korn
2009Nomismoceras Furnish et al. p. 37
2016Nomismoceras Korn and Sudar p. 205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNomismoceratoidea(Librovitch 1957)
familyNomismoceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusNomismocerasFoord and Crick 1897

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. †Nomismoceras Foord and Crick 1897
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Subg. †Nomismoceras (Anthracoceras) Frech 1899
†Nomismoceras frechi Schmidt 1925
†Nomismoceras germanicum Schmidt 1925
†Nomismoceras rotiforme Phillips 1836
†Nomismoceras smithii Diener 1903
†Nomismoceras spirorbis Phillips 1836
†Nomismoceras vittiger Phillips 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height15.80
shell diameter115.5
shell inflation15.40

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Lopingian or 353.70000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) N. vittiger (8175)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) N. germanicum (5961)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) N. rotiforme (233464)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Morocco N. sp. (240404)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Bosnia and Herzegovina N. spirorbis (206737)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Serbia N. sp. (177502 177510 177512)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Goniatites spirorbis (233465) N. sp. (5966) N. vittigerum (5995)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco N. sp. (177528)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Kazakhstan N. vittigerum (166869)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India N. smithii (230339)