Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Flickia quadrata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Flickiidae

Taxonomy
Flickia quadrata was named by Collignon (1964). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 478, Beraketa sur Sakondry, which is in a Cenomanian marine siltstone in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Flickia quadrata Collignon p. 23 figs. Pl 322, figs 1428-1429
1979Flickia quadrata Wright and Kennedy p. 695 figs. Pl 88, figs 29-37

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyFlickiidaeAdkins 1928
subfamilyFlickiinaeAdkins 1928
genusFlickia
speciesquadrataCollignon 1964

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.

Flickia quadrata Collignon 1964
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.064.907.506.201.84
shell diameter217.312.623.818.27.92
shell inflation25.303.607.805.702.97

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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar Flickia quadrata (type locality: 178216 178220)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Africa Flickia quadrata (178222)