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Tripteroceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Tripteroceras Hyatt
1952Tripteroceras Flower p. 53
1958Tripteroceras Sweet
1962Tripteroceras Flower
1964Tripteroceras Teichert et al. p. 290
1981Tripteroceras Crick p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyTripteroceratidaeFlower 1941
genusTripterocerasHyatt 1884

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. †Tripteroceras Hyatt 1884
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Subg. †Tripteroceras (Lambeoceras) Foerste 1917
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) T. sp. (24125 24236)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (South Dakota) T. sp. (24168)
Idavere - Oandu458.0 - 451.8Norway (Ringerike) T. problematicum (164036)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (New York) T. cariniferum (89098)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) T. planoconvexum, T. scofieldi (23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) T. oweni, T. scofieldi (23756) T. planoconvexum, T. oweni, T. scofieldi (23757 23758) T. planoconvexum, T. scofieldi (23753) T. scofieldi (23752)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) T. planoconvexum, T. oweni, T. scofieldi (23691)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) T. planoconvexum (23770 23771 23773 23775 23776 23777)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) T. planoconvexum (23711 23717)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) T. planoconvexum (23778)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) T. boreale (24124)