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Ligeiceras globulus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Cenoceras globulus was named by Rulleau (2008). Its type specimen is ML 8759, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Verpillière (Isère, Bifrons zone), which is in a Bifrons/Thouarsense carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Ligeiceras globulus by Barroso-Barcenilla (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Cenoceras globulus Rulleau p. 40 figs. Pl 12, fig 4; text-fig 8/3
2011Ligeiceras globulus Barroso-Barcenilla p. 402 figs. Pl 3, figs D-I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusLigeiceras
speciesglobulus()

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.

†Ligeiceras globulus Rulleau 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height733.111.545.038.011.0
shell diameter761.923.780.572.019.0
shell inflation79.293.8012.010.02.91

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Thouarsense or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Ligeiceras globulus (171075 171076)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Spain Ligeiceras globulus (171073 171078)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Portugal Ligeiceras globulus (171079)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain Ligeiceras globulus (171077)
Bifrons - Thouarsense182.9 - 174.7France Cenoceras globulus (type locality: 150353)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7France Cenoceras globulus (167410)