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Glochiceras (Glochiceras) nimbatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites nimbatus was named by Oppel (1863). It is the type species of Glochiceras, Glochiceras (Glochiceras).

It was recombined as Glochiceras nimbatum by Hyatt (1900); it was recombined as Glochiceras (Glochiceras) nimbatum by Schlegelmilch (1994) and Sato and Yamada (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites nimbatus Oppel
1900Glochiceras nimbatum Hyatt p. 569
1994Glochiceras (Glochiceras) nimbatum Schlegelmilch p. 52 figs. Pl 15, fig 16
2014Glochiceras (Glochiceras) nimbatum Sato and Yamada p. 30 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusGlochiceras
subgenusGlochicerasHyatt 1900
speciesnimbatum()

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Glochiceras nimbatum (12304)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Japan Glochiceras nimbatum (182856)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Glochiceras nimbatum (212931 212932)