2012 in molluscan paleontology
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This list, 2012 in molluscan paleontology, is a list of new taxa of ammonites and other fossil cephalopods, as well as fossil gastropods and bivalves that have been described during the year 2012.
Note: "Sp nov" means a new species, "Gen nov" means a new genus, "et" means and, "comb nov" means a new combination (a new binomial name created by combining a known species name with a new genus name.)
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Galácz & Kassai |
Bajocian |
A member of Lytoceratina, a species of Alocolytoceras. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
A relative of Anahamulina, a species of Amorina. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Vennari, Alvarez & Aguirre-Urreta |
Late Jurassic (late Tithonian) or Early Cretaceous (early Berriasian) |
A berriaselline neocomitid, a species of Andiceras. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Sandoval in Sandoval et al |
Middle Jurassic (late Aalenian to early Bajocian) |
A grammoceratine hildoceratid, a species of Asthenoceras. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
A member of the family Anahamulinidae. |
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov. |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid ammonite. The type species is B. hermanni; genus also contains "Ophiceras" crassecostatum Welter (1922) and "Ophiceras" tenue Welter (1922). |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
A hamulinid. The type species is Bastelia schloegli; genus also contains Bastelia taloirensis. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
An ancyloceratoid related to Emericiceras. A new genus for "Ammonites" nodulosus Catullo (1848); genus also contains "Himalayites" laevis Fallot & Termier (1923) |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Konstantinov |
Early Carnian |
A trachyceratid, a new genus for "Protrachyceras" omkutchanicum Bytschkov. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Igolnikov |
Berriasian |
A species of Craspedites. |
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| Curacoites[10] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Aguirre-Urreta & Rawson |
Valanginian or early Barremian |
The type species is Curacoites rotundus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
A crioceratitid. The type species is Damaisiceras baquei. |
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Dimorphites noricus[11] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Balini et al. |
Late Triassic |
A species of Dimorphites. |
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| Dimorphoceratoides adamsi[12] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Work, Mason & Boardman |
A species of Dimorphoceratoides. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn |
Early Triassic |
An arctoceratid. The type species is Escarguelites spitiensis. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid, a species of Flemingites. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid, a species of Flemingites. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid, a species of Flemingites. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A galfettitid ammonite, a species of Galfettites. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A galfettitid ammonite, a species of Galfettites. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
A hamulinid. A new genus for "Ancyloceras" seringei Astier (1851); genus also contains Garroniceras picteti (Ooster, 1860) and Garroniceras morloti (Ooster, 1860). |
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| Gastrioceras magoffinense[12] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Work, Mason & Boardman |
A species of Gastrioceras. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A palaeophyllitid ammonite. The type species is Goudemandites sinensis. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Cooper |
Cretaceous |
A turrilitid; a replacement name for Klingerella Cooper (1999). The type species is "Turrilites" bicarinatus Kner (1852). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid. The type species is Hermannites rursiradiatus. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Sassaroli & Venturi |
Early Toarcian |
A hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Sassaroli & Venturi |
Early Toarcian |
A hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Sassaroli & Venturi |
Early Toarcian |
A hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Sassaroli & Venturi |
Early Toarcian |
A hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
An inyoitid. The type species is Hochuliites retrocostatus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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Homoeoplanulites mouterdei[17] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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Homoeoplanulites sandovali[17] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hall & Poulton |
A perisphinctid ammonite, a species of Indosphinctes. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Pavia & Zunino |
Late Bajocian |
A species of Infraparkinsonia, a possible member of Stephanoceratidae. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A xenoceltitid ammonite, a species of Kashmirites. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Bartzsch & Weyer |
Devonian |
A new genus for "Biloclymenia" aktubensis Bogoslovskiy (1981). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A gyronitid. The type species is Koiloceras romanoi. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn |
Early Triassic |
A ceratitid; a new genus for "Meekoceras" pseudoplanulatum Krafft & Diener (1909). |
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Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
An ancyloceratoid related to Emericiceras. The type species is Lepinayceras sandovali; genus also contains new species Lepinayceras rouxelae and Lepinayceras chamateuilensis, as well as "Crioceras" precrassispina Roch (1930) and "Paraspiticeras" groeberi Aguirre-Urreta (1993). |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Dommergues |
Hettangian |
A psiloceratid ammonite. Genus contains the type species Lepteocaloceras evrardii and possibly also the species Lepteocaloceras ? strictum. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Galácz |
Bajocian |
A species of Leptosphinctes. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
A hamulinid. The type species is Liautaudia fumisuginiformis. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Sandoval in Sandoval et al. |
Middle Jurassic (late Aalenian to early Bajocian) |
A grammoceratine hildoceratid, a new genus for "Fontannesia" montillanensis Linares and Sandoval (1988). |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A prionitid ammonite. Genus contains two species: Lucasites involutus and L. evolutus. |
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| Maximites nassichuki[12] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Work, Mason & Boardman |
A species of Maximites. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A palaeophyllitid. The type species is Mianwaliites multiradiatus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A proptychitid. The type species is Monneticeras compressum. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Galácz & Kassai |
Bajocian |
A member of Lytoceratina, a species of Nannolytoceras. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Olivero |
Upper Campanian |
A kossmaticeratid ammonite, a species of Neograhamites. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Olivero |
Upper Campanian |
A kossmaticeratid ammonite. The type species is Neokossmaticeras redondensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Matsukawa et al. |
Aptian to early Albian |
The type species is Notosilesitoides philippinensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn |
Early Triassic |
An arctoceratid. The type species is Nuetzelia himalayica. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Shigeta, Futakami & Hoffmann |
Late Albian |
A gabbioceratine ammonite. The type species is Obataceras manjiense. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Konstantinov |
Early Carnian |
A trachyceratid, a new genus for "Protrachyceras" seimkanense Bytschkov. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A paranannitid ammonite. The type species is Omanites musjahensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Dommergues & Goolaerts |
Early Sinemurian |
An arietitoid, a member of Phylloceratida. The type species is Oxyarietites boletzkyi. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
A member of the family Anahamulinidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
A member of the family Anahamulinidae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A paranannitid ammonite, a species of Paranannites. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A meekoceratid, a species of Paraspidites. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Pandey, Alberti & Fürsich |
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) |
A species of Perisphinctes. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Pandey, Alberti & Fürsich |
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) |
A species of Perisphinctes. |
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| Phaneroceras chesnuti[12] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Work, Mason & Boardman |
A species of Phaneroceras. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Galácz |
Bajocian |
A species of Phaulostephanus. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Galácz |
Bajocian |
A species of Phaulostephanus. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Joly & Mercier |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) |
A phylloceratine phylloceratid, a species of Phylloceras. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A prionitid, a species of Prionites. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Late Early Triassic |
A columbitid ammonite, a species of Procolumbites. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Głowniak |
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) |
A member of Perisphinctidae. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A proptychitid ammonite, a species of Pseudaspidites. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
A crioceratitid, a species of Pseudomoutoniceras. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Baudouin et al. |
Early Cretaceous (late Barremian) |
A hamulinid, a species of Ptychohamulina. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A prionitid. The type species is Punjabites punjabiensis. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid ammonite, a species of Rohillites. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid, a species of Rohillites. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Late Hauterivian) |
A crioceratitid; a new genus for "Crioceras" seitzi Sarkar (1955). |
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| Sabaudiella riverorum[10] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Aguirre-Urreta & Rawson |
Valanginian or early Barremian |
A species of Sabaudiella. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A galfettitid ammonite. The type species is Safraites simplex. |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Vermeulen et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) |
A hamulinid. The type species is Schaffhauseria schirollii. Originally genus also contained second species Schaffhauseria veveysensis; however, this species was subsequently transferred to the genus Lahonderella.[31] |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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Siemiradzkia richei[17] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
A flemingitid, a species of Shamaraites. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn |
Early Triassic |
A paranannitid. The type species is Steckites brevus. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Galácz |
Bajocian |
A species of Stephanosphinctes. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Cooper |
Cretaceous |
A lyelliceratid; a replacement name for Stoliczkaia Neumayr (1875). The type species is "Ammonites" dispar d'Orbigny (1851). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
An inyoitid, a species of Subinyoites. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn |
Early Triassic |
An inyoitid, a species of Subvishnuites. |
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Nom. nov |
Junior homonym |
Cooper |
Cretaceous |
A lytoceratid; a replacement name for Takahashia Matsumoto (1984). The replacement name itself turned out to be preoccupied by Takahashiella Borkhsenius (1964); Hoffmann & Howarth (2015) coined a new replacement name Takahashiceras.[32] The type species is "Takahashia" eureka Matsumoto (1984). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Shigeta, Futakami & Hoffmann |
Late Albian |
A gabbioceratine ammonite. The type species is Tanabeceras pombetsense. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Balini, Jenks & Martin |
Late Triassic (early Carnian) |
A trachyceratid, a species of Trachyceras. |
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Gen. et comb. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Brühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al. |
Early Triassic |
An arctoceratid. A new genus for "Anasibirites" pluriformis Guex (1978);[14] genus also contains a new species Truempyceras compressum Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn (2012).[13] |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Smyshlyaeva & Zakharov |
Early Olenekian |
A melagathiceratid. The type species is U. popovi. U.s artyomensis is a second species. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Henriques in Sandoval et al. |
Jurassic (late Toarcian to early Aalenian) |
A grammoceratine hildoceratid, a species of Vacekia. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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Wagnericeras sericonstrictione[17] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mangold, Martin & Prieur |
Bathonian |
A member of the family Perisphinctidae. |
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Other cephalopods
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Dzyuba |
Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary |
A belemnite, a species of Arctoteuthis. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Halder |
Early Miocene |
Chhasra Formation |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Kröger & Lefebvre |
Early Ordovician |
A species of Bathmoceras. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Weis, Mariotti & Riegraf |
Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian) |
A holcobelid belemnite. The type species is Calabribelus pallinii. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Janssen, Clément & Bont |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) |
A mesohibolitid belemnite, possibly a species of Curtohibolites. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Dzyuba |
Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary |
A belemnite, a species of Cylindroteuthis. |
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|
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Fuchs et al. |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian–late Maastrichtian) |
A member of the family Groenlandibelidae. The type species is C. birkelundae; genus also includes new species C. hornbyense. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Halder |
Early Eocene |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Kröger & Lefebvre |
Early Ordovician |
A discosorid cephalopod. The type species is Destombesiceras zagorense. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Rasmussen & Surlyk |
Ordovician (late Katian) |
A species of Discoceras. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Rasmussen & Surlyk |
Ordovician (late Katian) |
A species of Discoceras. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Janssen, Clément & Bont |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Schweigert & Fuchs |
Ladinian |
A coleoid cephalopod. The type species is Germanoteuthis donai. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Delanoy et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) |
A nautilid, a species of Heminautilus. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Janssen, Clément & Bont |
Early Cretaceous (latest Hauterivian) |
A mesohibolitid belemnite, a species of Hibolithes. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Weis, Mariotti & Riegraf |
Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian) |
A holcobelid belemnite, a species of Holcobelus. |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Janssen, Clément & Bont |
A mesohibolitid belemnite, a species of Mesohibolites. |
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|
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Schweigert & Fuchs |
Norian |
A new genus for "Loligosepia" neidernachensis Reitner, 1978. |
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|
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Janssen, Clément & Bont |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) |
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A mesohibolitid belemnite, a new genus for "Hibolites" gagricus Shvetsov (1913) and a few other species. |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Iba et al. |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian) |
A sinobelemnitid belemnite, a species of Sichuanobelus. |
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