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Nebrodites hospes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes hospes was named by Neumayr (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ciofronca (GBA collection), which is in a Kimmeridgian carbonate limestone in Romania.

It was recombined as Nebrodites hospes by Howarth (1998), Grigore (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. passendorferiiforme, N. pulchellus, N. cavouri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Perisphinctes hospes Neumayr
1873Perisphinctes hospes Neumayr p. 185 figs. Pl 39, Fig 3
1912Nebrodites haizmanni Burckhardt
1998Nebrodites hospes Howarth p. 60
2010Nebrodites hospes Grigore p. 305 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,7,9,12; pl 2, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyIdoceratinae(Spath 1924)
genusNebrodites
specieshospes(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.

†Nebrodites hospes Neumayr 1873
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Invalid names: Nebrodites haizmanni Burckhardt 1912 [synonym]
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: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1France Nebrodites hospes (198558)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Italy (Trapani) Nebrodites hospes (36968)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Nebrodites hospes (198338 198358 198360 198361 198362) Perisphinctes hospes (type locality: 198388)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Italy Nebrodites hospes (45888)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Algeria Nebrodites hospes (45062 45064 45066 45071 45073)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Romania Nebrodites hospes (198390) Perisphinctes hospes (198394)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian149.2 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Nebrodites hospes (2571 2617)