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Thomasites adkinsi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Hoplitoides adkinsi was named by Kummel and Decker (1954). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) adkinsi by Barber (1957); it was recombined as Pseudotissotia adkinsi by Chancellor (1982); it was recombined as Thomasites adkinsi by Kennedy et al. (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. globosotuberculatus, T. inflatus, T. jourdani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Hoplitoides adkinsi Kummel and Decker p. 316 figs. pl. 32, fig. 6
1957Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) adkinsi Barber p. 47
1982Pseudotissotia adkinsi Chancellor p. 116
1987Thomasites adkinsi Kennedy et al. p. 61

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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)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
genusThomasitesPervinquiére 1907
speciesadkinsi(Kummel and Decker 1954)

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.

†Thomasites adkinsi Kummel and Decker 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height130.1
shell diameter161.8
shell inflation110.0

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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Thomasites adkinsi (4898 80991)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico Bauchioceras adkinsi (73576)