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Farnhamia farnhamensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Farnhamia farnhamensis was named by Casey (1954). Its type specimen is BGS 74128, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coxbridge pit, Alton Road, west of Farnham, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Folkestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Farnhamia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Farnhamia farnhamensis Casey p. 108 figs. 1.4-1.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilySonneratiinaeDestombes 1973
genusFarnhamia
speciesfarnhamensis

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.

Farnhamia farnhamensis Casey 1954
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Farnhamia farnhamensis (1844)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (Surrey) Farnhamia farnhamensis (type locality: 170863)