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Forresteria (Harleites) nicklesi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Barroisia nicklesi was named by de Grossouvre (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toutyfaut, near Angoulême, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Forresteria (Harleites) nicklesi by Kennedy (1984).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Barroisia nicklesi de Grossouvre p. 63 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1894Barroisia sequens de Grossouvre p. 64 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
1894Barroisia boissellieri de Grossouvre p. 65 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1984Forresteria (Harleites) nicklesi Kennedy p. 58 figs. Pl 4, fig 9; pl 8, figs 1-3; pl 9, figs 7,8, ?5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyBarroisiceratinaeBasse 1947
genusForresteria()
subgenusHarleites()
speciesnicklesi(de Grossouvre 1894)

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.

†Forresteria (Harleites) nicklesi de Grossouvre 1894
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Invalid names: Barroisia boissellieri de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym], Barroisia sequens de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height144.1
shell diameter1115.0
shell inflation135.5

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: Middle Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Barroisia nicklesi, Barroisia boissellieri (178979) Barroisia nicklesi, Barroisia sequens (178978) Forresteria nicklesi (178980)