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Nejdia bramkampi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nejdia bramkampi was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10689, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 57, Jafair Trail (Aramco S-1033), which is in a Bifrons carbonate limestone in the Marrat Formation of Saudi Arabia. It is the type species of Nejdia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Nejdia bramkampi Arkell p. 267 figs. Pl 17, figs 5-7; pl 18, figs 3-6; text-fig 6
2022Nejdia bramkampi Gelin p. 2059 figs. Pl 2, figs A3, A4

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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
subfamilyBouleiceratinaeArkell 1950
genusNejdia
speciesbramkampi

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.

†Nejdia bramkampi Arkell 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height630.518.050.033.014.8
shell diameter663.040.0100.065.528.2
shell inflation612.38.0020.011.05.46

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: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Bifrons or 182.70000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Saudi Arabia Nejdia bramkampi (227925)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Saudi Arabia Nejdia bramkampi (45188 48716 48717 48718)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Saudi Arabia Nejdia bramkampi (type locality: 184573)