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Nevadisculites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proarcestidae

Taxonomy
Nevadisculites was named by Bucher (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-m Tr Anis-u]. Its type is Nevadisculites taylori.

It was assigned to Isculitidae by Bucher (1988); to Proarcestidae by Arkadiev et al. (1993); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. depressus, N. minutus, N. smithi, N. taylori (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Nevadisculites Bucher p. 743
1993Nevadisculites Arkadiev et al. p. 39
2002Nevadisculites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyProarcestidaeWiedmann 1973
genusNevadisculites

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. †Nevadisculites Bucher 1988
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†Nevadisculites depressus Bucher 1992
†Nevadisculites minutus Bucher 1992
†Nevadisculites smithi Bucher 1988
†Nevadisculites taylori Bucher 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height68.404.3021.56.409.38
shell diameter614.99.1043.012.213.0
shell inflation60.0010.0010.0010.001-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Pelsonian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) N. minutus (109762 109763 109764 111227 112711 112713 112735 112736 112776 112782 112798 112799)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) N. depressus (113671 113674) N. smithi (105183 113704) N. taylori (105072 105075 105079 105180 105182 106207 106210 106320 106323 107492 107497 107498 107732 107733 107734 107741 107742) N. taylori, N. smithi (105073 106197 106212 107491)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0USA (Nevada) N. taylori (107738 107739 107740)