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Crassotornoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Mesoserphidae

Taxonomy
Crassotornoceras was named by House and Price (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras-m D Fame-l Sepkoski's reference number: 304]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tornoceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006), Söte et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Crassotornoceras House and Price
2002Crassotornoceras Korn and Klug p. 155
2002Crassotornoceras Sepkoski
2006Crassotornoceras Korn
2021Crassotornoceras Söte et al. p. 250

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RankNameAuthor
Yangprocta
superfamilyCynipoidea
superfamilyPlatygastroidea
familyMesoserphidae
familyPeleserphidae
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyTornoceratinaeArthaber 1911
genusCrassotornocerasHouse and Price 1985

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. †Crassotornoceras House and Price 1985
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Crassotornoceras annissi House and Price 1985
Crassotornoceras crassum Matern 1931
Crassotornoceras hetzeneggeri Söte et al. 2021
Crassotornoceras nitidum Becker 1993
Crassotornoceras nudum Söte et al. 2021
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height42.541.873.462.580.777
shell diameter45.163.956.455.381.35
shell inflation40.6730.5000.9000.6750.165

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.00000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) C. crassum (136653 136739 136741 136742)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. belgicum (220482 220511) C. crassum (220481) C. crassum, C. nudum (220476) C. sp. (220477) C. sp., C. belgicum (220480) C. sp., C. crassum, C. belgicum, C. nudum, C. hetzeneggeri (220483) C. sp., C. crassum, C. hetzeneggeri (220479)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15United Kingdom (England) C. annissi (135957)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15France (Alsace) C. sp. (38675)