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Tetragonites (Tetragonites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Tetragonites (Tetragonites) Kossmat p. 131
1979Tetragonites (Tetragonites) Cooper and Kennedy p. 181
1996Tetragonites (Tetragonites) Wright et al. p. 6
2007Tetragonites (Tetragonites) Szives p. 49
2018Tetragonites (Tetragonites) El Qot p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusTetragonites(Kossmat 1895)
subgenusTetragonitesKossmat 1895

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.

Subg. †Tetragonites (Tetragonites) Kossmat 1895
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Invalid names: Tetragonites blaisoni Collignon 1964 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Lytoceras (Tetragonites) zacatecanus Böse 1923 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tetragonites hulenensis Murphy 1967 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tetragonites jurinianus angolana Haas 1942 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height415.313.017.615.62.21
shell diameter436.431.042.037.05.56
shell inflation410.49.0012.010.61.45

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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Tetragonites duvalianum (58876)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Egypt Tetragonites duvalianus (191699 191709)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Hungary Tetragonites duvalianus, Tetragonites heterosulcatum (226273)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (California) Tetragonites timotheanum (216356)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina Tetragonites heterosulcatus (63996)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1USA (California) Tetragonites timotheanum (216369 216370)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Alaska) Tetragonites timotheanus (88064)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (California) Tetragonites timotheanum (216368)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Dominican Republic Tetragonites rectangularis (65128)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Egypt Tetragonites duvali (171273 171274) Tetragonites rectangularis (176860)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (California) Tetragonites timotheanum (216375 216376 216377 216378)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Tetragonites hulenensis (229463)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Tetragonites kitchini (87475 87476) Tetragonites rectangularis (87674 87676 87682 87685)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Tetragonites heterosulcatus (83557)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Tetragonites timotheanus (98264)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Tetragonites timotheanus (38516)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France Tetragonites rectangularis (58861)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Venezuela Tetragonites rectangularis (87946)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Tetragonites collignoni, Tetragonites jurinianus (232171) Tetragonites jurinianus (83840)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Tetragonites jurinianus (56527 58431) Tetragonites rectangularis, Tetragonites jurinianus (56680) Tetragonites timotheanus (58122) Tetragonites timotheanus, Tetragonites jurinianus (56523)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Tetragonites duvali (98327)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Serbia Tetragonites timotheanus, Tetragonites rectangularis (239132)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy Tetragonites rectangularis (12838)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Antarctica Tetragonites rectangularis (83560)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Tetragonites rectangularis (98215)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Tetragonites kitchini (87720) Tetragonites rectangularis (87714)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9New Zealand Tetragonites rectangularis (83439)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Tetragonites rectangularis (13500)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Tetragonites rectangularis (230858)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Tetragonites blaisoni (175545)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Tetragonites collignoni (174799)