Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Alternative combination: Tornoceras clausum
Full reference: B. F. Glenister. 1958. Upper Devonian ammonoids from the Manticoceras zone, Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 32:58-96
Belongs to Linguatornoceras according to T. Söte et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Linguatornoceras guestfalicum, Linguatornoceras haugi, Linguatornoceras lingua, Linguatornoceras linguum, Linguatornoceras pompeckji, Linguatornoceras yudinae
Type specimen: CPC 1756, a shell. Its type locality is BMR RS 190, Bugle Gap, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.5
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), France (1), Germany (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (15)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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