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Nannites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Nannites was named by Mojsisovics (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychitinae by von Mojsisovics (1882); to Nannitidae by Diener (1897), Spath (1951) and Tozer (1981); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trachyceratidae by Brayard et al. (2009).

Species
N. bittneri, N. fugax, N. spurius (syn. Goniatites blumii)
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. heberti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Nannites Mojsisovics
1882Nannites von Mojsisovics
1897Nannites Diener
1951Nannites Spath p. 160
1981Nannites Tozer p. 95
2002Nannites Sepkoski
2009Nannites Brayard et al. pp. Appendix 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
genusNannitesMojsisovics 1881

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.

G. †Nannites Mojsisovics 1881
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†Nannites bittneri von Mojsisovics 1881
†Nannites fugax von Mojsisovics 1882
†Nannites spurius Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Goniatites blumii Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Tuvalian or 251.30000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation N. simplex (212291)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Trentino) N. bittneri (211846 212013)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (South Tyrol) N. bittneri (211901 212009)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Spain N. capucinus (211525) N. mambrini (211520 211524 211526) N. mambrini, N. capucinus, N. sp. (211521) N. mambrini, N. sp. (211522 211523)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Goniatites blumii (145649) Goniatites spurius (137429) N. fugax (144634)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Hungary N. sp. (23870)