Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites masseanus, Harpoceras masseanus
Synonym: Tropidoceras lineatum Spath 1923
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 17-27):193-312
Belongs to Tropidoceras according to C. Meister and J. G. Friebe 2003
See also Alkaya and Meister 1995, Bremer 1965, Meister 1986, Smith and Tipper 1996 and Spath 1928
Sister taxa: Tropidoceras actaeon, Tropidoceras atuelense, Tropidoceras calliplocoides, Tropidoceras calliplocum, Tropidoceras demonense, Tropidoceras ellipticum, Tropidoceras erythraeum, Tropidoceras flandrini, Tropidoceras frischmanni, Tropidoceras futtereri, Tropidoceras hamulatum, Tropidoceras heterogeneum, Tropidoceras mediterraneum, Tropidoceras rotundum, Tropidoceras rursicosta, Tropidoceras semilaevis, Tropidoceras stahli, Tropidoceras stahliforme, Tropidoceras zitteli
Type specimens:
- Tropidoceras masseanum: MNHN.F.R01397
- Tropidoceras lineatum:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (2 collections), Canada (24: British Columbia), France (22), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences
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