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Fontannesia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Fontannesia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Witchelliinae by Howarth (2013).

Species
F. austroamericana, F. montillanensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
F. luculenta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Darellella Buckman
1927Nannina Buckman
2002Fontannesia Sepkoski
2013Fontannesia Howarth p. 119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilyWitchelliinaeCallomon and Chandler 2006
genusFontannesia

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.

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†Fontannesia austroamericana Jaworski 1926
†Fontannesia montillanensis Linares and Sandoval 1988
Invalid names: Darellella Buckman 1904 [synonym], Nannina Buckman 1927 [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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.10000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Concavum175.6 - 171.6Morocco F. aurita (141206 141211 141213) F. aurita, F. sp. (141208 141209) F. luculenta, F. sp. B, F. montillanensis (141223) F. montillanensis (141225) F. sp. (141207 141221) F. sp., F. luculenta (141217)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain F. sp. (73290)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Morocco F. luculenta (141219)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Chile (Copiapó) F. sp. (223667)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Spain F. sp. (73294)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4USA (Oregon) F. costula (202846)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Morocco F. despecta (141231) F. sp. (141229) F. sp., F. explanata (141233) F. sp., F. montillanensis (141227)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Xizang) F. luculenta (61426)