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Temnocheilus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae

Taxonomy
Temnocheilus was named by M'Coy (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u P Tatr Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is the type genus of Temnocheilidae.

It was reranked as Nautilus (Temnocheilus) by M'Coy (1844), Meek and Worthen (1873); it was reranked as Nautilus (Temnochilus) by Meek and Worthen (1870).

It was assigned to Nautilus by M'Coy (1844), Meek and Worthen (1870), Meek and Worthen (1873); to Gyroceratinae by von Mojsisovics (1882); to Tainoceratidae by Frech (1905), Hoare (1961); to Koninckioceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Nautilida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Temnocheilidae by Leonova and Shchedukhin (2020), Korn (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Nautilus (Temnocheilus) M'Coy
1844Temnocheilus M'Coy
1870Nautilus (Temnochilus) Meek and Worthen p. 50
1873Nautilus (Temnocheilus) Meek and Worthen p. 609 figs. pl. 32, fig. 2
1882Temnocheilus von Mojsisovics
1905Temnocheilos Frech
1961Temnocheilus Hoare p. 132
1964Temnocheilus Teichert et al. p. 426
2002Temnocheilus Sepkoski
2020Temnocheilus Leonova and Shchedukhin p. 1117
2025Temnocheilus Korn p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTemnocheilinaFlower 1963
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTemnocheilidaeMojsisovics 1902
genusTemnocheilus

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. †Temnocheilus M'Coy 1844
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†Temnocheilus aubrechtovae Korn and Klug 2023
†Temnocheilus coronatiformae Shimanskiy 1967
†Temnocheilus crassus Hyatt 1891
†Temnocheilus grewingki Tschernyschew 1899
†Temnocheilus harneri Miller and Owen 1934
†Temnocheilus imazighenorum Korn and Klug 2023
†Temnocheilus morloti von Mojsisovics 1882
†Temnocheilus neumayri von Mojsisovics 1882
†Temnocheilus winslowi Meek and Worthen 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height518.512.037.117.09.89
shell diameter553.640.0105.545.027.3
shell inflation522.017.040.520.59.78

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Illyrian or 339.90000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) T. sp. (62674)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco T. sp., T. aubrechtovae (231792)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco T. imazighenorum (157739)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan T. coronatiforme (8421)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Michigan) T. sp. (276085)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine T. sp. (166829)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) T. harneri (70255 70308)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) T. forbesianus (175101)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) T. crassus (184103 184105)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) T. sp. (217202)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) T. sp. (39154)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) T. sp. (108766)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China T. multituberculatus (66112)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) T. sp. a, T. winslowi (233342)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan T. grewingki (126937) T. multituberculatus (126451 126999)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Bosnia and Herzegovina Nautilus sp. (206739)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan T. multituberculatus (127015)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Nautilus multituberculatus (81504)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nautilus suevicus (206384)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina T. ornatus (206619) T. triserialis (206722)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria T. neumayri, T. morloti (136996)