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Tongoboryceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Tongoboryceras was named by Housa (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni]. Its type is Lewesiceras tongoboryense.

It was assigned to Pachydiscidae by Wright (1979), Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1995), Wright et al. (1996) and Arkadiev et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Tongoboryceras Housa p. 101
1979Tongoboryceras Wright p. 316
1984Tongoboryceras Kennedy p. 34
1995Tongoboryceras Kennedy p. 398
1996Tongoboryceras Wright et al. p. 101
2000Tongoboryceras Arkadiev et al. p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusTongoborycerasHousa 1967

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.

G. †Tongoboryceras Housa 1967
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†Tongoboryceras canali de Grossouvre 1894
†Tongoboryceras hancocki Kennedy 1984
†Tongoboryceras kawashitai Matsumoto 1979
†Tongoboryceras rhodanicum Roman and Mazeran 1913
†Tongoboryceras satoi Matsumoto 1979
†Tongoboryceras tongoboryense Collignon 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.2
shell diameter178.5
shell inflation118.8

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 Turonian to the top of the Coniacian or 93.90000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Pachydiscus canali (179255 179256)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) Lewesiceras satoi (233828)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Turkmenistan T. rhodanicum (183312)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Ukraine T. rhodanicum (183311)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Armenia (Vayots Dzor) T. rhodanicus (92185)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Madagascar (Toliara) T. beantalyense (46608 46611)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Tongoboryoceras rhodanicum (175765 175766 175790 175791)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Japan Lewesiceras kawashitai (233827)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Angola T. sp. (210898)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France T. canali (179215)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France T. tongoboryense (178943)
Middle Coniacian - Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France T. hancocki (178944)