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Nebrodites (Mesosimoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Mesosimoceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Nebrodites (Mesosimoceras) by Myczynski (1989).

It was assigned to Nebrodites by Myczynski (1989); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Nebrodites (Mesosimoceras) Myczynski p. 101
2002Mesosimoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyIdoceratinae(Spath 1924)
genusNebrodites
subgenusMesosimoceras

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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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: 2005-01-28 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 Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.10000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Italy (Trapani) Nebrodites cavouri (36987 36988)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Cuba Nebrodites sp. (57191 57717)