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Aconeceras nisoides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oppelia nisoides was named by Sarasin (1893).

It was recombined as Aconeceras nisoides by Förster (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Oppelia nisoides Sarasin p. 155
1975Aconeceras nisoides Förster p. 208 figs. Pl 9, fig 5; text-fig 60B,61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyAconeceratinae(Spath 1923)
genusAconeceras
speciesnisoides(Sarasin 1893)

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.

Aconeceras nisoides Sarasin 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.98.7013.611.13.46
shell diameter219.615.524.820.16.58
shell inflation23.293.003.603.300.424

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mozambique Aconeceras nisoides (174803 174804)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Aconeceras nisoides (1747 1749 1822 1867)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Madagascar Aconeceras nisoides (83993)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Antarctica Aconeceras nisoides (64184)