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Sanmartinoceras fontinale

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites fontinalis was named by Hudleston (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Aptian; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Primrose Springs [Roma Series], which is in an Aptian marine claystone in Australia.

It was recombined as Sanmartinoceras fontinale by Whitehouse (1926) and Whitehouse (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. pusillum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Ammonites fontinalis Hudleston p. 241 figs. pl. 9, fig. 1
1926Sanmartinoceras fontinale Whitehouse p. 204
1927Sanmartinoceras fontinale Whitehouse p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyAconeceratinae(Spath 1923)
genusSanmartinocerasBonarelli 1921
speciesfontinale(Hudleston 1890)

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.

†Sanmartinoceras fontinale Hudleston 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available