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Nevadites humboldtensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Nevadites humboldtensis was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Ceratites beecheri Smith
1914Nevadites fontainei Smith p. 122 figs. Pl 41, figs 16-27; pl 51, figs 1-9
1914Nevadites humboldtensis Smith p. 123 figs. Pl 78, figs 1-3; pl 79, figs 1-10
1914Nevadites sinclairi Smith p. 126 figs. Pl 81, figs 17-19; pl 82, figs 1-3
1914Trachyceras (Anolcites) gracile Smith p. 132 figs. Pl 82, figs 4-9
1982Nevadites humboldtensis Silberling and Nichols p. 37 figs. Pl 23, figs 8-19; pl 24, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyNevaditinae
genusNevadites
specieshumboldtensis

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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Invalid names: Ceratites beecheri Smith 1914 [synonym], Nevadites fontainei Smith 1914 [synonym], Nevadites sinclairi Smith 1914 [synonym], Trachyceras (Anolcites) gracile Smith 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height135.0
shell diameter190.0
shell inflation133.0

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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Trachyceras gracile (33207)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Ceratites beecheri, Nevadites fontainei, Nevadites humboldtensis, Nevadites sinclairi, Trachyceras gracile, Nevadites whitneyi (type locality: 142671) Nevadites humboldtensis (38927 57089 142859 142860 143023)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Greece (Epidavros) Nevadites humboldtensis (211433)