Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Alternative combination: Tornoceras (Tornoceras) contractum
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 Tornoceras according to S. V. Nikolaeva 2009
See also Becker and House 2000, Glenister 1958, Korn and Klug 2002 and Petersen 1975
Sister taxa: Tornoceras (Tornoceras), Tornoceras aequilobum, Tornoceras aldanense, Tornoceras amuletum, Tornoceras arcuatum, Tornoceras arkonense, Tornoceras baldisi, Tornoceras bolivianum, Tornoceras compressum, Tornoceras eberlei, Tornoceras edwinhalli, Tornoceras holwilli, Tornoceras hughesii, Tornoceras iowaense, Tornoceras lewinskii, Tornoceras nummularius, Tornoceras obesum, Tornoceras obliquum, Tornoceras orbicella, Tornoceras radialis, Tornoceras simplex, Tornoceras subacutum, Tornoceras sublentiforme, Tornoceras typum, Tornoceras uniangulare, Tornoceras varicatum, Tornoceras whidbornei, Tornoceras whitfieldi, Tornoceras widderi, Tornoceras wunderlichi
Type specimen: CPC 1753, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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