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Tompophiceras extremum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Glyptophiceras extremum was named by Spath (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch, river 10, locality 691, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland.

It was recombined as Tompoites extremum by Ermakova (1977); it was recombined as Tompophiceras extremum by Tozer (1969), Bychkov et al. (1976) and Tozer (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Glyptophiceras subextremum Spath p. 56 figs. Pl 5, fig 6; pl 6, fig 4
1935Glyptophiceras extremum Spath p. 57 figs. Pl 11, fig 4; pl 18, fig 4; pl 19, figs 7a-c
1969Tompophiceras extremum Tozer p. 353 figs. Pl 16, figs g-j
1976Tompophiceras extremum Bychkov et al.
1977Tompoites extremum Ermakova
1977Tompoites subextremum Ermakova
1994Tompophiceras extremum Tozer p. 49 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenodiscidaeFrech 1902
genusTompophicerasPopov 1961
speciesextremum()

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.

Tompophiceras extremum Spath 1935
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Invalid names: Glyptophiceras subextremum Spath 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height714.511.019.015.05.66
shell diameter757.641.772.562.011.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Tompophiceras extremum (214748)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Glyptophiceras extremum (118651 118690 type locality: 118778) Glyptophiceras subextremum (118525 118682 118757) Tompophiceras extremum (112751)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Canada (Nunavut) Tompophiceras extremum (47940 47950 47955 137953)