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Forbesiceras largilliertianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Forbesiceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites largilliertianus was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Forbesiceras.

It was recombined as Forbesiceras largillertianum by Kennedy (1994); it was recombined as Forbesiceras largilliertianum by Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy and Klinger (2008), Kennedy (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. brundretti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites largilliertianus d'Orbigny p. 320 figs. pl. 95
1993Forbesiceras largilliertianum Kennedy and Cobban p. 331
1994Forbesiceras largillertianum Kennedy p. 221
2008Forbesiceras largilliertianum Kennedy and Klinger p. 120 figs. Pl 1, figs 2-5; text-figs 2A,D,E,F
2013Forbesiceras largilliertianum Kennedy p. 632 figs. Pl 1, figs 10,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyForbesiceratidae()
genusForbesicerasKossmat 1897
specieslargilliertianum(d'Orbigny 1841)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Forbesiceras largillertianum (58362)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tunisia Forbesiceras largilliertianum (217133)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Forbesiceras largilliertianum (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar Forbesiceras largilliertianum (174324 174325)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Forbesiceras largilliertianum (4028 4030 4033)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Forbesiceras largilliertianum (82814)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Forbesiceras largillertianum (82843)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Forbesiceras largilliertianum (4027)