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Anatropites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Tropites (Anatropites) was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Tropites (Anatropites) spinosus.

It was reranked as Anatropites by Smith (1927), Spath (1951), Tozer (1981), Tozer (1994) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Tropites by Mojsisovics (1893); to Tropitidae by Smith (1927), Spath (1951), Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Tropites (Anatropites) Mojsisovics p. 226
1927Anatropites Smith
1951Anatropites Spath p. 89
1981Anatropites Tozer
1994Anatropites Tozer p. 223
2002Anatropites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusAnatropites(Mojsisovics 1893)

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. †Anatropites Mojsisovics 1893
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†Anatropites cupressus Tozer 1994
†Anatropites hauchecornei Mojsisovics 1893
†Anatropites maclearni Tozer 1994
†Anatropites pardoneti Tozer 1994
†Anatropites spinosus Mojsisovics 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1411.911.512.411.90.636
shell diameter1437.621.365.035.512.5

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Carnian or 232.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaihikuan238.0 - 227.5USA (Nevada) A. silberlingi (174390 174394 174395) A. silberlingi, A. sulfurensis (174391)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Oregon) A. sp. (49770)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) A. sp. (214671)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Canada (British Columbia) A. cascadensis (46612 137027 137982) A. cupressus, A. maclearni, A. silberlingi, A. ausoniformis (49744) A. maclearni (49803) A. maclearni, A. sulfurensis (138600) A. pardoneti (137976 137981) A. sp. (141766)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Russian Federation A. sp. (136162)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) A. spinosus (85150)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) A. hauchecornei (33327)
Tuvalian - Lacian232.0 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (47329)