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Tegoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae

Taxonomy
Tegoceras was named by Hyatt (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-l K Albi-m]. Its type is Ammonites mosensis. It was considered monophyletic by Robert et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Eulophoceratidae by Hyatt (1903); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lyelliceratinae by Spath (1930), Kennedy and Klinger (2008), Robert et al. (2009).

Species
Seunesiceras, T. benavidescaceresi, T. breistrofferi, T. camatteanum (syn. T. seunesi, T. quadratum, T. seneberianum), T. collignoni, T. maderoense, T. mosense (syn. Hoplites gladiator, T. miles)
Sister genera
Seunesiceras
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2022-05-02

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Tegoceras Hyatt p. 83
1911Rauliniceras Douvillé p. 85
1930Tegoceras Spath
1953Rauliniceras (Seunesiceras) Breistroffer
1953Seunesiceras Breistroffer pp. 74
1963Tegoceras (Rauliniceras) Parona and Bonarelli-Collignon
2002Tegoceras Sepkoski
2008Tegoceras Kennedy and Klinger p. 80
2009Tegoceras Robert et al.

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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)
familyLyelliceratidae
subfamilyLyelliceratinae
genusTegoceras

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. †Tegoceras Hyatt 1903
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†Tegoceras benavidescaceresi Etayo Serna 1979
†Tegoceras breistrofferi Robert et al. 2009
†Tegoceras camatteanum d'Orbigny 1841
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Invalid names: Tegoceras quadratum Destombes 1977 [synonym], Tegoceras seneberianum Pictet and Roux 1847 [synonym], Tegoceras seunesi Parona and Bonarelli 1896 [synonym]
†Tegoceras collignoni Breistroffer 1953
†Tegoceras maderoense Young 1993
†Tegoceras mosense d'Orbigny 1841
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Invalid names: Hoplites gladiator Bayle 1878 [synonym], Tegoceras miles Casey 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rauliniceras Douvillé 1911 [synonym], Seunesiceras Breistroffer 1953 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height415.413.717.415.41.56
shell diameter435.632.843.233.84.94
shell inflation410.78.6014.410.32.47

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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 113.20000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1South Africa T. camatteanum (177185) T. collignoni (177186) T. mosense (177183 177184)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Acanthoceras camattei (88253)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Colombia T. gladiator (67356 67357 67358 67366 67367 67369 67370 67373 67374)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) T. gladiator, T. mosense (1834) T. sp. (1783)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar T. seunesi (98264)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France T. sp., T. quadratum (58861)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Venezuela T. gladiator (87946)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Rauliniceras camatteanum, Rauliniceras intermedium, Rauliniceras grasi (233805) T. seunesi (58933)