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Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis tabulata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis tabulata was named by Barber (1957). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47610, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Bauchioceras columbianum, P. nigeriense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis tabulata Barber p. 51 figs. Pl 21, fig 1; pl 34, figs 1,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusPseudotissotiaPeron 1887
subgenusBauchioceras
speciesnigeriensis()
subspeciestabulata

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Pseudotissotia nigeriensis (210102)