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Naplesites naplesense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Beloceratidae

Taxonomy
Probeloceras naplesense was named by Clarke (1898). Its type specimen is NYSM 4072 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Naplesites.

It was recombined as Naplesites naplesensis by Yatskov (1990), Korn and Klug (2002); it was recombined as Naplesites naplesense by House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Probeloceras naplesense Clarke p. 105 figs. Pl 7, fig 17; text-fig 78
1990Naplesites naplesensis Yatskov p. 43
2002Naplesites naplesensis Korn and Klug p. 122
2008Naplesites naplesense House and Kirchgasser p. 160 figs. Pl 25, fig 6; text-figs 52F-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyBelocerataceae
familyBeloceratidae
genusNaplesites
speciesnaplesense(Clarke 1898)

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.

Naplesites naplesense Clarke 1898
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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: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Frasnian or 379.00000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Naplesites naplesense (136491)