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Nolaniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Acanthohoplitidae

Taxonomy
Nolaniceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Acanthohoplites (Nolaniceras) by Förster (1975).

It was assigned to Acanthohoplites by Förster (1975); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthohoplitinae by Szives (2007).

Species
N. manambolense, N. nolani, N. quadratus
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. rigidus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Acanthohoplites (Nolaniceras) Förster p. 206
2002Nolaniceras Sepkoski
2007Nolaniceras Szives p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAcanthohoplitoidea
familyAcanthohoplitidae
subfamilyAcanthohoplitinae
genusNolaniceras

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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†Nolaniceras manambolense Collignon 1962
†Nolaniceras nolani Seunes 1887
†Nolaniceras quadratus Collignon 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.511.012.011.50.707
shell diameter227.026.028.027.01.41
shell inflation28.948.0010.09.001.41

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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) N. sp.juv., N. nolani (1777)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) N. rigidus, N. nolani (2071)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Madagascar N. hourcqi, N. manambolense (83999) N. quadratus (168089)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Venezuela (Sucre) Acanthoplites nolani (87923)