Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites simplex, Tornoceras (Tornoceras) simplex
Belongs to Tornoceras according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002
See also Petersen 1975
Sister taxa: Tornoceras (Tornoceras), Tornoceras aequilobum, Tornoceras aldanense, Tornoceras amuletum, Tornoceras arcuatum, Tornoceras arkonense, Tornoceras baldisi, Tornoceras bolivianum, Tornoceras compressum, Tornoceras contractum, Tornoceras eberlei, Tornoceras edwinhalli, Tornoceras holwilli, Tornoceras hughesii, Tornoceras iowaense, Tornoceras lewinskii, Tornoceras nummularius, Tornoceras obesum, Tornoceras obliquum, Tornoceras orbicella, Tornoceras radialis, Tornoceras subacutum, Tornoceras sublentiforme, Tornoceras typum, Tornoceras uniangulare, Tornoceras varicatum, Tornoceras whidbornei, Tornoceras whitfieldi, Tornoceras widderi, Tornoceras wunderlichi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 37.5
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (26 collections), Germany (3), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (13), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 45 collections including 46 occurrences
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