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Christolia nux

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites nux was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Christolia nux by Jeannet (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites nux d'Orbigny
1951Christolia nux Jeannet p. 107 figs. Pl 31, fig 11; text-fig 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyMorphoceratidae
genusChristoliaRollier 1909
speciesnux()

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.

†Christolia nux d'Orbigny 1850
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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 Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Christolia nux (171491 171559)