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Tissotia hedbergi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae

Taxonomy
Tissotia hedbergi was named by Benavides-Caceres (1956). Its type specimen is AMNH 27893, a shell, and it is a mold.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Tissotia hedbergi Benavides-Caceres p. 481 figs. pl. 63, figs. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyTissotiidae
genusTissotiaDouvillé 1890
specieshedbergi

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.

Tissotia hedbergi Benavides-Caceres 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height328.725.037.025.56.79
shell diameter348.241.061.544.511.0
shell inflation32.602.003.502.500.764

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Peru (Cajamarca) Tissotia hedbergi (88155)