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Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites nera was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

It was recombined as Phylloceras nera by Paulcke (1907), Marshall (1926); it was recombined as Neophylloceras nera by Matsumoto (1984); it was recombined as Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera by Kennedy and Henderson (1992); it was recombined as Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera by Shigeta and Maeda (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. californicatus, H. lestai, H. onoensis, H. subramosum, H. subramosum, Neophylloceras subramosum, Phylloceras bassae, Phylloceras masiaposensum, Phylloceras pseudolateumbilicatum, Phylloceras sardoum, Phylloceras seretiense seretiense, Phylloceras sersitense, Phylloceras tethys, Phylloceras velledae, Phylloceras velledae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1846	Ammonites nera Forbes p. 106 figs. pl. 8, fig. 7
1907	Phylloceras nera Paulcke p. 3
1926	Phylloceras nera Marshall p. 134 figs. Pl 19, fig 4; pl 26, figs 1,2
1984	Neophylloceras nera Matsumoto p. 10
1992	Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera Kennedy and Henderson p. 389 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-12; pl 15, figs 1,2; text-fig 3A
2005	Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera Shigeta and Maeda p. 55 figs. 24.1-24.4

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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	Phylloceratida	(Zittel 1884)
superfamily	Phylloceratoidea	(Zittel 1884)
family	Phylloceratidae	Zittel 1884
subfamily	Phylloceratinae	Zittel 1884
genus	Hypophylloceras	Shimizu 1934
subgenus	Neophylloceras
species	nera	()

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.

†Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera Forbes 1846

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	10.5
shell diameter	1	19.0
shell inflation	1	1.80

Composition:

aragoniteo

Entire body:

yess

Adult length:

10 to < 100s

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10s

Adult height:

10 to < 100s

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2009-02-28 22:03:36

Modified:

2009-03-01 00:03:36

Source: s = species, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Matsumoto 1984, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Argentina	Phylloceras nera (83690)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Phylloceras nera (64588)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	Neophylloceras nera (87023)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Phylloceras nera (64590 64593 64595 64597)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Russian Federation	Hypophylloceras nera (236991)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	India	Ammonites nera (type locality: 41428)