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Turrilites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy

Turrilites was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l K Ceno-u]. Its type is Turrilites costata.

It was assigned to Turrilitinae by Förster (1975); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turrilitidae by Reyment (1955), Matsumoto (1959), Kennedy et al. (1981), Atabekyan (1985), Zaborski (1985), Kennedy et al. (1988), Kennedy and Simmons (1991), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (2013), Sharifi et al. (2016), Mosavinia and Wilmsen (2017).

Species

T. (Carthaginites), T. (Euturrilites), T. (Turrilites), T. acutus (syn. T. tevesthensis, T. (Turrilites) dilleri, T. (Turrilites) acutus americanus, T. wiestii, T. dearingi), T. costatus (syn. T. triplicatus, T. pachecoensis), T. giganteus, T. multipunctatus, T. oregonensis, T. scheuchzerianus (syn. T. undulata, T. desnoyersi), T. tuberculata

Species lacking formal opinion data

T. acutus, T. aumalensis, T. borssumensis, T. carrancoi, T. elegans, T. escherianus, T. mayori, T. peruviana, T. saudersorum, T. scheuchzeranus, T. scheuchzeri, T. scheuzerianus, T. taeniatus, T. undulatus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1801	Turrilites Lamarck
1955	Turrilites Reyment p. 13
1959	Turrilites Matsumoto p. 155
1975	Turrilites Förster p. 191
1981	Turrilites Kennedy et al. p. 211
1985	Turrilites Atabekyan p. 74
1985	Turrilites Zaborski p. 10
1988	Turrilites Kennedy et al. p. 42
1991	Turrilites Kennedy and Simmons p. 145
1994	Turrilites Kennedy p. 232
2002	Turrilites Sepkoski
2013	Turrilites Kennedy p. 649
2016	Turrilites Sharifi et al. p. 606
2017	Turrilites Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 121

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Turrilitoidea	(Gill 1871)
family	Turrilitidae	Gill 1871
genus	Turrilites	Lamarck 1801

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. †Turrilites Lamarck 1801

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Subg. †Turrilites (Carthaginites) Pervinquière 1907

Subg. †Turrilites (Euturrilites) Breistroffer 1953

Subg. †Turrilites (Turrilites) Lamarck 1801

†Turrilites acutus Passy 1832

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Invalid names: Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus americanus Cobban and Scott 1972 [synonym], Turrilites (Turrilites) dilleri Murphy and Rodda 1960 [synonym], Turrilites dearingi Stephenson 1952 [synonym], Turrilites tevesthensis Coquand 1862 [synonym], Turrilites wiestii Sharpe 1857 [synonym]

†Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801

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Invalid names: Turrilites pachecoensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Turrilites triplicatus Sowerby 1850 [synonym]

†Turrilites giganteus de Haan 1825

†Turrilites multipunctatus Böse 1923

†Turrilites oregonensis Gabb 1869

†Turrilites scheuchzerianus Bosc 1801

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Invalid names: Turrilites desnoyersi d'Orbigny 1842 [synonym], Turrilites undulata Sowerby 1814 [synonym]

†Turrilites tuberculata Sowerby 1814

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: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 110.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (135 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Switzerland	T. elegans, T. escherianus, T. taeniatus (2237)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Madagascar	T. mayori (98248 98249)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza)	T. sp. (88633 88636)
Middle Albian	110.1 - 106.3	Brazil (Sergipe)	T. sp. A, T. sp. B (87856)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	USA (California)	T. dilleri (1802)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian	100.5 - 100.5	Spain	T. scheuchzerianus (3832)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Mexico	T. sp. A Jones, T. sp. B Jones (230856)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (California)	T. costatus (86820 224961 224964) T. scheuchzerianus (224962)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	T. dearingi (6508)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	T. wiestii (154013)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Colorado)	T. sp. (230801)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	T. costatus (56675) T. scheuchzerianus (56524) T. scheuzerianus (2164)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Haute-Normandie)	T. costatus (230857)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany	T. costatus (66734 66779)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Switzerland	T. costatus (2236) T. scheuzerianus, T. costatus (2163)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Normandie)	T. costatus, T. acutus (230797) T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus, T. acutus (230777)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	T. borssumensis (82793) T. costatus, T. undulatus (49496) T. sp., T. costatus (82814)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Algeria	T. scheuchzerianus (241586 241587)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	T. scheuchzerianus (58362) T. sp. (82842)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Iran	T. scheuchzerianus (174333)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Normandie)	T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus, T. acutus (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Japan (Hokkaido)	T. acutus (62634)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Madagascar	T. scheuchzerianus (174330)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (New Mexico)	T. costatus (179775 179779)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Mexico (Chihuahua)	T. multipunctatus (88760)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Mexico (Zacatecas)	T. carrancoi, T. sp., T. scheuchzerianus, T. acutus, T. multipunctatus, T. wiestii (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus (230858)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Denmark	T. scheuchzerianus (69975)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (California)	T. pachecoensis (215576)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Westphalia)	T. scheuchzeranus, T. costatus (4070)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Russian Federation	T. costatus (84221)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Oman	T. costatus (82359)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (New Mexico)	T. acutus (176967)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	T. sp. (82844)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Nigeria	T. scheuchzerianus (82730)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	T. acutus (82855 82916) T. costatus (82797 82810) T. costatus, T. acutus (82919) T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus (82899) T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus, T. acutus (82857) T. sp., T. costatus (82809) T. sp., T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus, T. acutus (82913)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Kazakhstan	T. acutus (186750 186751) T. costatus (186754) T. costatus, T. scheuchzerianus (186752) T. scheuchzerianus (186762)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Normandy)	T. costatus (4027) T. costatus, T. acutus (4025)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Nigeria	T. acutus (69527) T. costatus (69628) T. costatus, T. scheuchzerianus (69627)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Serbia	T. sp. (164671)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Westphalia)	T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus (4067)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Sachsen)	T. costatus (172073)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany	T. costatus (12402 12403 12404 12405 12406 12407 12408 12409 12410 12460 12461 12462 12463 12464 12465) T. costatus, T. acutus (12466 12467)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	T. scheuchzerianus, T. acutus (82843)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Mozambique	T. costatus (174799)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Iran	T. costatus (183701) T. scheuchzerianus, T. costatus (174335)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Turkmenistan	T. acutus (186738 186741 186743 186744 186746 186749) T. costatus, T. scheuchzerianus (186753) T. scheuchzerianus (186755 186756 186757 186758 186759 186760 186761) T. scheuchzerianus, T. acutus (186739 186740 186742 186745 186747 186748)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Brazil	T. sp. (140838)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Australia (Northern Territory)	T. costatus (13944 13946)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Russian Federation	T. costatus (169544 169545)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Angola	T. acutus (70952 70954)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	T. acutus (177076)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	T. costatus (78588 78591 78593)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (New Mexico)	T. acutus (178790 178841) T. costatus (139003) T. scheuchzerianus (178834)
Cenomanian - Maastrichtian	100.5 - 66.0	United Kingdom (Sussex)	T. triplicatus (235797)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	T. peruviana (4147) T. sp. (4151 4165)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	T. saudersorum (7517) T. sp. (7531 7541)