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Nicholsites tozeri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Nicomedites tozeri was named by Bucher (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 427247, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Favret Canyon HB 175, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Nicholsites tozeri by Bucher (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Nicomedites tozeri Bucher p. 732 figs. P. 2, F. 4-9
1992Nicholsites tozeri Bucher p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusNicholsites
speciestozeri()

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.

Nicholsites tozeri Bucher 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter349.535.779.842.623.7

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33USA (Nevada) Nicomedites tozeri (type locality: 104942 105073 105075 106207 106320 107491 107497 107498)