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Tornquistes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Tornquisites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Macrocephalites helvetiae.

It was corrected as Tornquistes by Arkell et al. (1957), Bert (2009).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pachyceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957), Bert (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Tornquistes Arkell et al. p. 297
1982Tornquistes (Pachytornquistes) Thierry and Charpy
2002Tornquisites Sepkoski
2009Tornquistes Bert p. 473

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPachyceratidaeBuckman 1918
genusTornquistes

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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Tornquistes helvetiae Tornquist 1894
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Invalid names: Aspidoceras nicolisi Parona 1885 [synonym], Macrocephalites kobyi de Loriol 1896 [synonym], Macrocephalites liesbergensis de Loriol 1896 [synonym], Macrocephalites oxfordiense Tornquist 1894 [synonym], Macrocephalites tornquisti de Loriol 1896 [synonym], Tornquistes romani Douvillé 1912 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tornquistes (Pachytornquistes) Thierry and Charpy 1982 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Middle Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Pachyceras romani (12286 12287)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France T. helvetiae (163890 163893)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain T. helveticae (142572)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France T. sp. (12980)