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Sonninia (Euhoploceras) playfordi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Sonninia playfordi was named by Arkell (1954). Its type specimen is UWA 33869, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Well at 964202, which is in a Bajocian shallow subtidal limestone in the Newmarracarra Limestone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Sonninia (Euhoploceras) playfordi by Hall (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Euhoploceras dominans, S. acanthodes, S. dominans, S. zitelli, S. projectifer, S. tessoniana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Sonninia playfordi Arkell p. 560 figs. Pl 27, fig 1; text-fig 3
1989Sonninia (Euhoploceras) playfordi Hall p. 15 figs. 12, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilySonniniinaeBuckman 1892
genusSonniniaDouvillé 1879
subgenusEuhoploceras
speciesplayfordi()

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bajocian or 171.60000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Australia (Western Australia) Sonninia playfordi (type locality: 153578 171209 171220 171253)