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Tripteroceras cariniferum

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Tripteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Tripteroceras cariniferum was named by Flower (1952). Its type specimen is USNM 59576, a partial shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Watertown, Chaumont Lmst., which is in a Turinian shallow subtidal wackestone/lime mudstone in the Chaumont Formation of New York.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Tripteroceras cariniferum Flower p. 53 figs. 14-16 Pl. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyTripteroceratidaeFlower 1941
genusTripterocerasHyatt 1884
speciescariniferum

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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (New York) Tripteroceras cariniferum (type locality: 89098)