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Nebraskites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nebraskites was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-u]. Its type is Nebraskites haresiceratiforme.

It was assigned to Acanthoceratinae by Chancellor et al. (1994) and Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. haresiceratiforme (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Nebraskites Kennedy and Cobban
1994Nebraskites Chancellor et al. p. 25
1996Nebraskites Wright et al. p. 162
2002Nebraskites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusNebraskites

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. †Nebraskites Kennedy and Cobban 1988
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Nebraskites haresiceratiforme Kennedy and Cobban 1988
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Progenetic dwarf offshoot, perhaps of Watinoceras. Very involute and flat-sided, with narrow, tabulate venter; feeble umbilical bullae giving rise to pairs of ribs with incipient inner and clavate outer ventrolateral tubercles joined across venter by a low rib; ribs single on body chamber, strengthening near aperture.