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Tompophiceras morpheos

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Columbites morpheos was named by Popov (1961). It is the type species of Tompoites.

It was recombined as Tirolites morpheos by Kummel (1969); it was recombined as Tompoites morpheos by Ermakova (1977); it was recombined as Tompophiceras morpheos by Bychkov et al. (1976) and Dagis et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Columbites morpheos Popov
1969Tirolites morpheos Kummel
1976Tompophiceras morpheos Bychkov et al.
1977Tompoites morpheos Ermakova
1996Tompophiceras morpheos Dagis et al. p. 90 figs. Pl 41, fig 2

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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
speciesmorpheos(Popov 1961)

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 morpheos Popov 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Tompophiceras morpheos (107024 221960)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Tompophiceras morpheos (48472 48481)