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Nannolytoceras pygmaeum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites pygmaeus was named by d'Orbigny (1846). Its type specimen is Caen BJ.IV-B.50 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nannolytoceras pygmaeum by Buckman (1905), Galácz and Kassai (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites pygmaeus d'Orbigny
1905Nannolytoceras pygmaeum Buckman
2012Nannolytoceras pygmaeum Galácz and Kassai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyMegalytoceratinaeSpath 1927
genusNannolytocerasBuckman 1905
speciespygmaeum()

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.

Nannolytoceras pygmaeum d'Orbigny 1846
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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: base of the Middle Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Bajocian or 174.70000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Italy (Central Italy ) Nannolytoceras pygmaeum (123679)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Italy (Central Italy ) Nannolytoceras pygmaeum (123682)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Egypt Nannolytoceras pygmaeum (184586)