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Neosilesites nepos

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Taxonomy
Silesites nepos was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Oum Rekeba, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt.

It was recombined as Neosilesites nepos by Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Silesites nepos Douvillé p. 109 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 8-9
2007Neosilesites nepos Szives p. 57 figs. Pl 13, figs 2,10,12,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familySilesitidaeHyatt 1900
genusNeosilesites
speciesnepos()

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.

†Neosilesites nepos Douvillé 1916
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France Neosilesites nepos (58888)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Madagascar Neosilesites nepos (98231)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Egypt Silesites nepos (171276)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Neosilesites nepos (98244)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Silesites nepos (type locality: 171277)