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Nicklesia pulchella

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites pulchellus was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is the type species of Nicklesia.

It was recombined as Nicklesia pulchella by Benzaggagh (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites pulchellus d'Orbigny
2025Nicklesia pulchella Benzaggagh p. 17 fig. 10N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPulchelliaceaeDouvillé 1890
familyPulchelliidaeHyatt 1903
genusNicklesiaHyatt 1903
speciespulchella(d'Orbigny 1841)

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.

Nicklesia pulchella d'Orbigny 1841
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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 Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Barremian or 145.06000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Spain (Valencia) Nicklesia pulchella (233873)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) Nicklesia pulchella (56780)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence) Nicklesia pulchella (56065 56782)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Nicklesia pulchella (82159 82160 82161 82170 82171)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Nicklesia pulchella (82305 82319 240074)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Nicklesia pulchella (2359 2361 2362 2363)