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Nicimitoceras trochiforme

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae

Taxonomy
Imitoceras trochiforme was named by Vohringer (1960). Its type specimen is IGT 1130/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nicimitoceras trochiforme by Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Imitoceras trochiforme Vohringer p. 119 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
2006Nicimitoceras trochiforme Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen p. 107 figs. 23, 24A,B,E,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyGattendorfiidaeBartzsch and Weyer 1987
genusNicimitoceras
speciestrochiforme(Vohringer 1960)

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.

Nicimitoceras trochiforme Vohringer 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height35.944.149.625.272.89
shell diameter310.97.5917.79.675.34
shell inflation30.8180.4901.240.9000.376

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Nicimitoceras trochiforme (38646)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Morocco Nicimitoceras trochiforme (66287)