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Jinyaceras hindostanum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae

Taxonomy
Nannites hindostanus was named by Diener (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of Muth (Otoceras beds), which is in an Induan marine horizon in India.

It was recombined as Jinyaceras hindostanum by Brühwiler et al. (2010) and Brühwiler et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Nannites herberti Diener
1897Nannites hindostanus Diener
1922Nannites herberti Welter
1922Nannites hindostanus Welter
1934Juvenites herberti Spath
1962Juvenites heberti Kummel and Steele
2010Jinyaceras hindostanum Brühwiler et al. p. 426 figs. 16.4-16.6
2012Jinyaceras hindostanum Brühwiler et al. p. 163 figs. 37P-AJ

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyMelagathiceratidaeTozer 1971
genusJinyaceras
specieshindostanum()

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.

†Jinyaceras hindostanum Diener 1897
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Invalid names: Nannites herberti Diener 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.325.008.006.502.12
shell diameter214.711.419.015.25.37
shell inflation23.873.005.004.001.41

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Induan or 251.30000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Nannites herberti, Nannites hindostanus (211002)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Jinyaceras hindostanum (139638 139642 139643 139645 139646 139672 139682 139683 139684)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Indonesia (Timor) Nannites heberti, Nannites hindostanus (205640) Nannites hindostanus (205182)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Xizang) Jinyaceras hindostanum (97325 97327 97330 97360 229713 229743 229746 229747)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Greece Nannites hindostanus (112607 112608)