Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Full reference: T. Söte, R. T. Becker, K. J. Herd and J. Bockwinkel. 2021. Upper Frasnian Tornoceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the Sand Formation (Bergisch Gladbach‑Pafrath Syncline, Rhenish Massif). PalZ 95:237-273
Belongs to Tornoceras according to T. Söte et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Tornoceras (Tornoceras), 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 simplex, Tornoceras subacutum, Tornoceras sublentiforme, Tornoceras typum, Tornoceras uniangulare, Tornoceras varicatum, Tornoceras whidbornei, Tornoceras whitfieldi, Tornoceras widderi, Tornoceras wunderlichi
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.29406.1, a shell. Its type locality is Sand A, Herkenrather Straße 70, Bergisch Gladbach, which is in a Frasnian offshore shale in the Sand Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 6.60
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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