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Taramelliceras compsum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ammonites flexuosus Münster
1863Ammonites compsus Oppel
1863Ammonites holbeini Oppel
1863Ammonites compsus Oppel p. 215 figs. Tab 57, Figs 1a, b
1872Oppelia holbeini Gemmellaro p. 142
1877Ammonites (Oppelia) pseudoflexuosus Favre
1878Oppelia kochi Herbich
1879Oppelia franciscana Fontannes
1887Glochiceras crenosum Quenstedt
1994Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) compsum Schlegelmilch p. 36
1994Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) pseudoflexuosum Schlegelmilch p. 36
1998Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) pseudoflexuosum Howarth
1998Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) compsum Howarth p. 37
2011Taramelliceras compsum Baudouin et al. p. 626 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4,7; pl 2, figs 3-10; pl 3, figs 1-7; pl 4, figs 1-8; pl 5, figs 1-6; pl 6, figs 1-6; p

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyTaramelliceratinaeSpath 1928
genusTaramelliceras
speciescompsum()

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.

†Taramelliceras compsum Oppel 1863
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Invalid names: Ammonites (Oppelia) pseudoflexuosus Favre 1877 [synonym], Ammonites flexuosus Münster 1830 [synonym], Ammonites holbeini Oppel 1863 [synonym], Glochiceras crenosum Quenstedt 1887 [synonym], Oppelia franciscana Fontannes 1879 [synonym], Oppelia kochi Herbich 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1France Taramelliceras compsum (198558 198559 198560)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Bavaria) Taramelliceras compsum (212931)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Italy (Trapani) Taramelliceras compsum (36986)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Taramelliceras compsum (198305 198328 198332) Taramelliceras pseudoflexuosum (198359 198360)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar Taramelliceras pseudoflexuosum (98167)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar (Melaky) Taramelliceras pseudoflexuosum (234269)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Taramelliceras pseudoflexuosum (2574)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Romania Taramelliceras compsum (198347 198367) Taramelliceras compsum, Taramelliceras pseudoflexuosum (198339) Taramelliceras pseudoflexuosum (198370)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Italy (Trapani) Taramelliceras compsum (36988)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian149.2 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Taramelliceras compsum (2571) Taramelliceras pseudoflexuosum (2617)