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Forresteria (Forresteria) hobsoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Barroisiceras (Forresteria) hobsoni was named by Reeside (1932) [DISTRIBUTION: Coniacian.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pueblo [Fort Hays Limestone, Niobrara Fm], which is in a Turonian deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Niobrara Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Forresteria (Forresteria) hobsoni by Kennedy and Wright (1983), Sealey and Lucas (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. brancoi, F. orancoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Barroisiceras (Forresteria) hobsoni Reeside p. 18 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2-4
1983Forresteria (Forresteria) hobsoni Kennedy and Wright p. 279
2019Forresteria (Forresteria) hobsoni Sealey and Lucas p. 178 figs. 76, 77A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyBarroisiceratinaeBasse 1947
genusForresteria()
subgenusForresteriaReeside 1932
specieshobsoni()

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: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) Forresteria hobsoni (type locality: 87846)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7South Africa Forresteria hobsoni (82457)