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Tetraspidoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tetraspidoceras Sepkoski
2007Tetraspidoceras Geczy and Meister
2013Tetraspidoceras Howarth p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyCoeloceratidaeHaug 1910
genusTetraspidoceras

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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Tetraspidoceras loczyi Géczy 1998
Tetraspidoceras piobbicoensis Geczy and Meister 2007
Tetraspidoceras quadrarmatum Dumortier 1867
Tetraspidoceras reynesi Reynes 1879
Tetraspidoceras westfieldense Edmunds et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height321.318.024.022.33.09
shell diameter360.850.072.062.511.0
shell inflation325.919.034.026.87.50

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxynotum to the top of the Jamesoni or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) T. reynesi (81576)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) T. westfieldense (33363)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Crimea) T. sp. (230736)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) T. recognitum (53589)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Hungary T. reynesi (78691)
Raricostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Hungary T. piobbicoensis (78689)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Hungary T. loczyi (108314)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) T. sp. (159830 159834 159853 159854 159855)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) T. quadrarmatum (33361 33362)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia T. rhodanicum (170507) T. sp. (170514)