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Sonninia altecostata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy

Sonninia altecostata was named by Tornquist (1898). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. andium, S. arabica, S. costata, S. espinasitensis, S. insignoides, S. mammilifera, S. modesta, S. sowerby, S. spinigera, S. zittelli, S. modesta, S. omphalica, S. boweri

Synonyms

Sonninia gracilis was named by Tornquist (1898). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sonninia altecostata by Dietze et al. (2013).
Sonninia curviplex was named by Tornquist (1898). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sonninia altecostata by Dietze et al. (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1898	Sonninia altecostata Tornquist pp. 151 [19] figs. Taf. II [XV], Fig. 4; Taf. III [XVI], Fig. 1
1898	Sonninia gracilis Tornquist pp. 153 [21] figs. Taf. IV [XVII], Fig. 4
1898	Sonninia curviplex Tornquist pp. 154 [22] figs. Taf. IV [XVII], Fig. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Hildoceratoidea	(Hyatt 1867)
family	Sonniniidae	Buckman 1892
subfamily	Sonniniinae	Buckman 1892
genus	Sonninia
species	altecostata

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.

†Sonninia altecostata Tornquist 1898

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Invalid names: Sonninia curviplex Tornquist 1898 [synonym], Sonninia gracilis Tornquist 1898 [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

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian	180.4 - 168.6	Chile (Chañaral)	Sonninia altecostata (223763 223766)
Bajocian - Callovian	170.9 - 161.5	Chile (Coquimbo)	Sonninia altecostata (221524)