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Hoploscaphites nicolletti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites nicolletti was named by Morton (1842).

It was recombined as Hoploscaphites nicolletti by Kennedy (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Ammonites nicolletti Morton
1850Ammonites silimani d'Orbigny pp. 212, No.
1994Hoploscaphites nicolletti Kennedy p. 1412

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
genusHoploscaphitesNowak 1911
speciesnicolletti(Morton 1842)

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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Invalid names: Ammonites silimani d'Orbigny 1850 [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 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
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