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Tofangoceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Tofangoceras was named by Kobayashi (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi Sepkoski's reference number: 298,524].

It was assigned to Proteoceratidae by Flower (1962), Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Tofangoceras Kobayashi p. 189
1936Kogenoceras Shimizu and Obata
1962Tofangoceras Flower
1964Tofangocerina Sweet
1964Tofangoceras Teichert et al. p. 259
1981Tofangoceras Crick p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyProteoceratidae
genusTofangocerasKobayashi 1927

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. †Tofangoceras Kobayashi 1927
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Invalid names: Kogenoceras Shimizu and Obata 1936 [synonym], Tofangocerina Sweet 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Marshbrookian or 477.10000 to 454.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0South Korea (Kangweondo (Gangwon-do)) Kogenoceras nanpiaoense (89515 89516 89517)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (JiLin) Kogenoceras sp. (21147)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (ShanXi) T. sp. (8002)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (HeBei) Kogenoceras sp. (7960 7962 7966 7967) T. sp. (7974 7979) T. sp., Kogenoceras sp. (7956)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (ShanDong) Kogenoceras sp. (20775) T. sp. (20773)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (LiaoNing) T. sp. (20760)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeBei) T. sp., Kogenoceras sp. (7971)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (ShanXi) T. sp. (8005 8532)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeNan) T. sp. (20771)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2China (HeBei) T. sp. (7988)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (HeBei) T. sp. (7993)
Uhaku - Haljala459.7 - 453.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) T. sp. (204900)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) T. sp. (8540)