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Tornoceras arcuatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tornoceras arcuatum was named by House (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 96543a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tornoceras (Tornoceras) arcuatum by Göddertz (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. subundulatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Tornoceras arcuatum House p. 106 figs. Pl 8, figs 68-71; text-figs 10, 17D
1987Tornoceras (Tornoceras) arcuatum Göddertz p. 194 figs. Pl 11, figs 12,13; pl 12, fig 1; text-fig 39
2002Tornoceras arcuatum Korn and Klug p. 155
2008Tornoceras arcuatum House and Kirchgasser p. 165 figs. Pl 26, figs 7-10; pl 27, fig 16; text-figs 54H-J,L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyTornoceratinaeArthaber 1911
genusTornocerasHyatt 1884
speciesarcuatumHouse 1965

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Tornoceras arcuatum House 1965
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Diagnosis
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