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Sonninia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy

Sonninia was named by Douvillé (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale J Bajo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Waagenia propinquans. It is the type genus of Sonniniidae, Sonniniinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Sonniniidae by Westermann (1969) and Zatoń (2010); and to Sonniniinae by Howarth (2013), Galácz (2015) and Sandoval (2022).

Species

S. (Alaskinia) (syn. S. (Alaskoceras)), S. (Euhoploceras) (syn. Stiphromorphites, Sherbornites, Nannoceras), S. (Papilliceras) (syn. Prepapillites), S. (Poecilomorphus), S. (Sonninia), S. deltafalcata, Waagenia ornata

Species lacking formal opinion data

S. acanthodes, S. dominans, S. projectifer, S. tessoniana, S. zitelli

Synonyms

Waagenia was named by Bayle (1878). Its type is Waagenia propinquans.

It was replaced with Sonninia by Sandoval (2022).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1878	Waagenia Bayle
1879	Sonninia Douvillé
1969	Sonninia Westermann p. 92
2002	Sonninia Sepkoski
2010	Sonninia Zatoń p. 75
2013	Sonninia Howarth p. 115
2015	Sonninia Galácz
2022	Sonninia Sandoval p. 809

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Hildoceratoidea	(Hyatt 1867)
family	Sonniniidae	Buckman 1892
subfamily	Sonniniinae	Buckman 1892
genus	Sonninia	Douvillé 1879

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. †Sonninia Douvillé 1879

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Subg. †Sonninia (Alaskinia) Westermann 1978

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Invalid names: Sonninia (Alaskoceras) Westermann 1969 [replaced]

Subg. †Sonninia (Euhoploceras)

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†Sonninia (Euhoploceras) adicra Waagen 1867

†Sonninia (Euhoploceras) berckhemeri Dorn 1935

†Sonninia (Euhoploceras) bifurcata Westermann 1969

†Sonninia (Euhoploceras) nannomorpha Buckman 1923

†Sonninia (Euhoploceras) playfordi Arkell 1954