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Tegoceras mosense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites mosensis was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tegoceras.

It was recombined as Tegoceras mosense by Hyatt (1903), Kennedy and Klinger (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites mosensis d'Orbigny p. 237 figs. pl. 67, fig. 5-7
1878Hoplites gladiator Bayle figs. pl. 45, figs. 1, 2
1903Tegoceras mosense Hyatt
1911Rauliniceras gladiator Douvillé p. 299 figs. fig. 13
1957Tegoceras gladiator Casey
1978Tegoceras miles Casey p. 637 figs. pl. 100, figs 3–4
1982Tegoceras gladiator Renz p. 39
2008Tegoceras mosense Kennedy and Klinger p. 80 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-13; text-figs 3H-O, R-T

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyLyelliceratidae
subfamilyLyelliceratinae
genusTegoceras
speciesmosense()

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.

†Tegoceras mosense d'Orbigny 1841
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Invalid names: Hoplites gladiator Bayle 1878 [synonym], Tegoceras miles Casey 1978 [synonym]
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: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Tegoceras gladiator, Tegoceras mosense (1834)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1South Africa Tegoceras mosense (177183 177184)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Colombia Tegoceras gladiator (67356 67357 67358 67366 67367 67369 67370 67373 67374)