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Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Taxonomy
Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis was named by Jeletzky (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 17226, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Thorsteinssonoceras.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis Jeletzky pp. 5-6 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCraspeditidaeSpath 1934
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusThorsteinssonoceras
speciesellesmerensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (Nunavut) Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis (87421)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis (189621 189623)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Svalbard and Jan Mayen Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis (87425)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (Nunavut) Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis (87422 87424)