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Mesoturrilites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Mesoturrilites was named by Breistroffer (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l].

It was reranked as Turrilites (Mesoturrilites) by Atabekyan (1985).

It was assigned to Turrilites by Atabekyan (1985); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turrilitidae by Kennedy and Morris (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Mesoturrilites Breistroffer p. 1351
1985Turrilites (Mesoturrilites) Atabekyan p. 74
2002Mesoturrilites Sepkoski
2018Mesoturrilites Kennedy and Morris p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusMesoturrilitesBreistroffer 1953

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.

G. †Mesoturrilites Breistroffer 1953
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Mesoturrilites corrugatus Wright and Kennedy 1996
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Turrilites aumalensis (87020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Turkmenistan Turrilites boerssumensis (186641) Turrilites colcanapi (186737)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania M. corrugatus (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) M. boerssumensis (4070)