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Tropiceltites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropiceltitidae

Taxonomy
Tropiceltites was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Clydonites costatus. It is the type genus of Tropiceltitidae.

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

Species
T. caducus, T. columbianus, T. costatus, T. inflatus, T. pacificus
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. ceciliae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Tropiceltites Mojsisovics
1927Tropiceltites Smith
1951Tropiceltites Spath p. 93
1981Tropiceltites Tozer p. 98
1994Tropiceltites Tozer p. 227
2002Tropiceltites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropiceltitidae
genusTropiceltitesMojsisovics 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. †Tropiceltites Mojsisovics 1893
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†Tropiceltites caducus Dittmar 1866
†Tropiceltites columbianus McLearn 1940
†Tropiceltites costatus Hauer 1866
†Tropiceltites inflatus Tozer 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height97.705.309.908.401.74
shell diameter925.620.035.026.05.40
shell inflation910.48.8013.310.11.38

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Lacian or 233.60000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaihikuan238.0 - 227.5USA (Nevada) T. sp. (174390)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3USA (California) T. caducus (33327)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Canada (British Columbia) T. pacificus (141766)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) T. ceciliae (85150)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) T. columbianus (46603 46609 46610 137025 137026 141693 141695) T. columbianus, T. inflatus (138592)