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Fontanelliceras fontanellense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Harpoceras fontanellense was named by Gemmellaro (1885). It is not extant. It is the type species of Fontanelliceras.

It was recombined as Fontanelliceras fontanellense by Hillebrandt (2006) and Kovács (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. fontanelletase, F. fontenellense, F. juliae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Harpoceras fontanellense Gemmellaro
2006Fontanelliceras fontanellense Hillebrandt p. 248 figs. Pl 65, fig 9
2011Fontanelliceras fontanellense Kovács p. 22 figs. Pl 5, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyArieticeratinae
genusFontanellicerasFucini 1931
speciesfontanellense(Gemmellaro 1885)

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.

†Fontanelliceras fontanellense Gemmellaro 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height110.0
diameter134.0
inflation116.0

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: base of the Kunae to the top of the Pliensbachian or 185.70000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (199610)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Austria Fontanelliceras fontanellense (218330)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Russian Federation Fontanelliceras fontanellense (129822 129823)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain (Granda) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (200537 200557 200558 200560 200561)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain (Jaén) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (200493 200494 200496 200497 200498 200499 200500 200501 200502)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (198418)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Chile Fontanelliceras fontanellense (183585)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (146779)
Kunae185.7 - 184.1Canada (Yukon) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (114776)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Jaén) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (200503 200504 200506)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granda) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (200563 200564 200565 200572)
Kanense183.0 - 182.0Canada (Yukon) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (114613 114617)
Kanense183.0 - 182.0Canada (British Columbia) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (200285)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Hungary Fontanelliceras fontanellense (148269)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Fontanelliceras fontanellense (38171)