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Neophylloceras meridianum

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Neophylloceras meridianum was named by Spath (1953). Its type specimen is BMNH C.41320, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D.86.1, Dagger Peak, James Ross Island, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Hypophylloceras subramosum, N. subramosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Neophylloceras meridianum Spath p. 4 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusNeophyllocerasShimizu 1934
speciesmeridianum

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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Neophylloceras meridianum (type locality: 166147)