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Simocosmoceras nitidulum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cosmoceras nitidulum was named by Neumayr (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ghilcoş outcrop (GBA collection), which is in a Kimmeridgian marine sandstone in Romania.

It was recombined as Simocosmoceras nitidulum by Grigore and Marcu (2009), Grigore (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Cosmoceras nitidulum Neumayr
2009Simocosmoceras nitidulum Grigore and Marcu p. 352
2013Simocosmoceras nitidulum Grigore p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
genusSimocosmoceras
speciesnitidulum(Neumayr 1873)

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.

Simocosmoceras nitidulum Neumayr 1873
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Romania Cosmoceras nitidulum (198394) Simocosmoceras nitidulum (198390)