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Tropidoceras actaeon

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites actaeon was named by d'Orbigny (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Cottards, nr Saint George de Poisieux, which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in France.

It was recombined as Cycloceras actaeon by Futterer (1893); it was recombined as Acanthopleuroceras actaeon by Meister (1986); it was recombined as Tropidoceras actaeon by Spath (1928), Bremer (1965), Frebold (1970), Smith and Tipper (1996).

Subspecies
Acanthopleuroceras actaeon aegion, T. orientale
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. arietiforme, T. masseanum, T. subarietiforme

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites actaeon d'Orbigny p. 232 figs. Pl. 61. fig. 1-3
1844Ammonites actaeon d'Ordigny
1893Cycloceras actaeon Futterer
1928Tropidoceras actaeon Spath p. 228 figs. Pl 16, figs 7a,b; text-fig 4e
1965Tropidoceras actaeon Bremer
1970Tropidoceras actaeon Frebold
1986Acanthopleuroceras actaeon Meister p. 53 figs. Pl 8, fig 5
1996Tropidoceras actaeon Smith and Tipper p. 37 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-3,6; text-fig 32b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusTropidocerasHyatt 1867
speciesactaeon()

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.

†Tropidoceras actaeon d'Orbigny 1844
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Whiteavesi or 189.20000 to 186.20000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras actaeon (199611 199641 199643 199673 199683)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras actaeon (53177 53639 90960 198419 198448 198450 198490 199640)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Centre-Val de Loire) Ammonites actaeon, Ammonites aegion (type locality: 234368)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2France Acanthopleuroceras actaeon (146913 148160)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Acanthopleuroceras actaeon (159158)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras actaeon (33204 33209 33216 33218 33221 33223 33226 33227 33228 33230 33231 33232 33236 33242)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Tropidoceras actaeon (204124)
Whiteavesi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras actaeon (32781 32782 32842 32845 32846 32847 32848 32850 32852 32853 33111 33133 33134 33138 33146 33147 33149 33150 33151 33158)