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Fanninoceras disciforme

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Fanninoceras disciforme was named by Hillebrandt (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Noria (sample 670220/3), which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in Chile.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. bifurcatum, F. carolettense, F. fanini, F. lowii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Fanninoceras disciforme Hillebrandt
2006Fanninoceras disciforme Hillebrandt p. 215 figs. Pl 55, figs 23-29; pl 56, figs 1-14; pl 57, figs 1-18; pl 58, figs 1,2; pl 59, figs 13,14,19; pl 60,

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyFanninoceratinaeDommergues and Meister 1999
genusFanninocerasMcLearn 1930
speciesdisciformeHillebrandt 1981

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.

†Fanninoceras disciforme Hillebrandt 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3418.85.50139.018.026.3
shell diameter3436.013.1247.032.545.0
shell inflation344.342.506.304.450.975

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: Margaritatus or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile (Antofagasta) Fanninoceras disciforme (210274 210564)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Fanninoceras disciforme (type locality: 183595 183601 183602)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Chile Fanninoceras disciforme (181770 183580 183598 183599 183603 183605)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Chile Fanninoceras disciforme (181789 183578 183579 183590 183592 183597 183600 183604)
Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) Fanninoceras disciforme (221803)