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Nejdia furnishi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nejdia furnishi was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10685, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 57, Jafair Trail (Aramco S-1033), which is in a Bifrons carbonate limestone in the Marrat Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Nejdia furnishi Arkell p. 268 figs. Pl 17, figs 1,2; text-fig 6
2022Nejdia furnishi Gelin p. 2059 figs. Pl 3, fig A6; pl 4, figs A7, A8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyBouleiceratinaeArkell 1950
genusNejdia
speciesfurnishi

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.

†Nejdia furnishi Arkell 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height359.450.070.060.010.0
shell diameter3120.6100.0135.0130.018.9
shell inflation320.616.025.022.04.58

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tenuicostatum to the top of the Bifrons or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Saudi Arabia Nejdia furnishi (227925)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Saudi Arabia Nejdia furnishi (type locality: 184573)