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Nothocephalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Taxonomy
Nothocephalites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Macrocephalitidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nothocephalites Arkell et al. p. 294
2002Nothocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyMacrocephalitidae
genusNothocephalites

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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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: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar N. semilaevis (98126 98172 98184 98185) N. semilaevis, N. mondegoensis (98153)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) N. semilaevis (98171)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Boeny) N. semiloevis (234099)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar N. semilaevis (98124)