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Berniceras inconspicuum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oppelia inconspicua was named by de Loriol (1898). It is the type species of Berniceras.

It was recombined as Berniceras inconspicuum by Jeannet (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Oppelia inconspicua de Loriol
1951Berniceras inconspicuum Jeannet p. 35 figs. Pl 7, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyTaramelliceratinaeSpath 1928
genusBerniceras
speciesinconspicuum(de Loriol 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.

Berniceras inconspicuum de Loriol 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height118.2
shell diameter133.5
shell inflation14.00

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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Berniceras inconspicuum (171572)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Berniceras inconspicuum (12266)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Berniceras inconspicuum (171561 171566)