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Fuciniceras (Matteiceras) nitescens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites nitescens was named by Young and Bird (1828).

It was recombined as Seguenziceras nitescens by Buckman (1913); it was recombined as Arieticeras nitescens by Howarth (1955); it was recombined as Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) nitescens by Meister (1989), Blau and Meister (1991), Howarth (1992) and Géczy and Meister (1998); it was recombined as Fuciniceras (Matteiceras) nitescens by Meister and Friebe (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. bastiani, F. ionicus, F. bastianii, Protogrammoceras tipperi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Ammonites nitescens Young and Bird p. 257
1913Seguenziceras nitescens Buckman
1955Arieticeras nitescens Howarth
1989Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Meister p. 39 figs. Pl 3, figs 10,12; text-fig 25
1991Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Blau and Meister p. 182
1992Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Howarth p. 66 figs. Pl 4, figs 4-6; pl 5, fig 2; text-fig 12
1998Protogrammoceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Géczy and Meister p. 110 figs. Pl 7, fig 2
2003Fuciniceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Meister and Friebe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyProtogrammoceratinaeMattei 1974
genusFucinicerasSpath 1913
subgenusMatteicerasWiedenmayer 1980
speciesnitescens(Young and Bird 1828)

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.

†Fuciniceras (Matteiceras) nitescens Young and Bird 1828
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter173.4

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: Margaritatus or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Austria Phylloceras nitescens (194505) Protogrammoceras nitescens (145287)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Arieticeras nitescens (222173)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Iran Protogrammoceras nitescens (196953)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Protogrammoceras nitescens (109163)