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Sonninia (Euhoploceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Euhoploceras Buckman p. iv
1923Nannoceras Buckman
1923Sherbornites Buckman
1923Stiphromorphites Buckman
1969Sonninia (Euhoploceras) Westermann p. 92
2002Euhoploceras Sepkoski
2013Sonninia (Euhoploceras) Howarth p. 116
2015Sonninia (Euhoploceras) Galácz
2022Sonninia (Euhoploceras) Sandoval p. 815

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilySonniniinaeBuckman 1892
genusSonninia
subgenusEuhoploceras()

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.

Subg. †Sonninia (Euhoploceras) Buckman 1913
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Invalid names: Sonninia biplicata Buckman 1893 [synonym], Sonninia crassibullata Buckman 1893 [synonym], Sonninia crassiformis Buckman 1893 [synonym], Sonninia crassispinata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia irregularis Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia magnispinata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia multispinata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia ptycta Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia spinocostata Buckman 1892 [synonym], Sonninia subspinosa Buckman 1893 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Sherbornites projectifer Buckman 1923 [synonym], Sonninia crassicostata Buckman 1893 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nannoceras Buckman 1923 [synonym], Sherbornites Buckman 1923 [synonym], Stiphromorphites Buckman 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height729.922.049.529.29.27
shell diameter784.861.0150.080.029.1
shell inflation731.923.561.530.012.8

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.10000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Concavum175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom Sonninia biplicata, Sonninia crassiformis, Sonninia crassibullata (235936)
Concavum175.6 - 171.6Morocco Euhoploceras sp. (141225) Euhoploceras sp., Nannoceras sp. (141217)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Morocco Euhoploceras sp. (141219)
Late/Upper Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian175.6 - 168.4Italy Euhoploceras sp. (198957)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Hungary Sonninia adicra (64311)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4USA (Alaska) Sonninia bifurcata (175614 175617 175620 175622 175648 175651 175652 175662 175663)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Australia (Western Australia) Sonninia playfordi (153578 171209 171220 171253)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Hungary Sonninia adicra, Sonninia berckhemeri (220904)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile (Copiapó) Euhoploceras adicrum (223751)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Canada (Yukon) Euhoploceras dominans (114624) Euhoploceras sp. (114623 114625 197431 208210) Euhoploceras sp., Euhoploceras dominans (114620 114622 114626 208208 208211 208212)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Saudi Arabia Sonninia sp. (141472)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Canada (British Columbia) Sonninia adicra (200309)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4USA (Oregon) Sonninia modesta, Sonninia polyacantha (202846)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Morocco Euhoploceras sp. (141229) Euhoploceras sp., Euhoploceras modestum, Nannoceras nannomorphum (141233) Euhoploceras sp., Nannoceras nannomorphum (141235) Euhoploceras sp., Nannoceras sp., Euhoploceras dominans (141231) Euhoploceras sp., Nannoceras sp., Nannoceras nannomorphum (141234 141236)
Discites171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Sonninia crassicostata (235937)
Discites171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Sonninia sp., Sonninia acanthodes, Sonninia dominans, Sonninia crassicostata (141363)
Discites171.6 - 167.7USA (Alaska) Sonninia sp. (175647)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Xizang) Euhoploceras adicra (61426)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Oregon) Sonninia dominans (202418)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Sonninia omphalica (45241) Sonninia projectifer (48030 48109) Sonninia sp. (48015 48031)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (California) Stiphromorphites schucherti (164638)