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Tropites dilleri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy

Tropites dilleri was named by Smith (1904). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. laestrigonius

Synonyms

Tropites armatus was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tropites dilleri by Tozer (1994).
Tropites occidentalis was named by Smith (1927).

It was synonymized subjectively with Tropites dilleri by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Tropites dilleri Smith p. 393 figs. Pl. 46, 47
1927	Tropites dilleri Smith p. 29 figs. Pl 68, fig 13
1927	Tropites armatus Smith p. 31 figs. Pl 33, figs 1-7; pl 69, figs 1-12
1927	Tropites occidentalis Smith p. 31 figs. Pl 70, figs 1-20
1994	Tropites dilleri Tozer p. 212 figs. Pl 94, figs 4a,b

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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	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Tropitaceae	(Mojsisovics 1875)
family	Tropitidae	Mojsisovics 1875
genus	Tropites	Mojsisovics 1875
species	dilleri

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.

†Tropites dilleri Smith 1904

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Invalid names: Tropites armatus Smith 1927 [synonym], Tropites occidentalis Smith 1927 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	4	6.40	2.60	15.5	6.50	6.62
shell diameter	4	19.7	7.30	40.0	23.9	14.7
shell inflation	4	6.91	3.50	14.5	6.50	5.69

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:33:06

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:36:47

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Canada (British Columbia)	Tropites dilleri (49644 49645 49647 49648 49697 49701 49703 49704 49705 138602 141646)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Mexico (Sonora)	Tropites dilleri (32836)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	USA (California)	Tropites dilleri, Tropites armatus, Tropites occidentalis, Tropites subbullatus, Tropites torquillus, Tropites morloti (33324) Tropites discobullatus (144077) Tropites subbullatus (142565)