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Ligeiceras fourneti

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus fourneti was named by Dumortier (1874). Its type specimen is ML 9177, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Verpillière (Isère, Upper Toarcian), which is in a Toarcian carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Cenoceras fourneti by Kummel (1956) and Rulleau (2008); it was recombined as Ligeiceras fourneti by Barroso-Barcenilla (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Nautilus fourneti Dumortier p. 45 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2
1914Nautilus fourneti Pia pp. 30, 74 figs. Pl 4, figs 4a,b; pl 8, fig 19
1956Cenoceras fourneti Kummel p. 374
2008Cenoceras fourneti Rulleau p. 39 figs. Pl 9, figs 2,3; pl 12, fig 2; text-fig 7/11
2011Ligeiceras fourneti Barroso-Barcenilla p. 396 figs. Pl 1, figs A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusLigeiceras
speciesfourneti(Dumortier 1874)

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.

†Ligeiceras fourneti Dumortier 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height638.330.046.039.06.06
shell diameter666.249.082.067.512.4
shell inflation60.2980.00112.13.004.72

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France Cenoceras fourneti (167440) Nautilus fourneti (type locality: 167439)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France (Rhone) Cenoceras fourneti (140483)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain Ligeiceras fourneti (126624 171064 171065)