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Tropidoceras flandrini

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites flandrini was named by Dumortier (1869).

It was recombined as Cycloceras flandrini by Futterer (1893); it was recombined as Tropidoceras flandrini by Braga and Rivas (1985), Meister (1986), Thomson and Smith (1992), Alkaya and Meister (1995), Smith and Tipper (1996), Rakús and Guex (2002), Hillebrandt (2006), Geczy and Meister (2007).

Subspecies
T. densicosta, T. flandrini, T. obtusum
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. arietiforme, T. masseanum, T. subarietiforme

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ammonites flandrini Dumortier
1884Harpoceras zancleanum Gemmellaro p. 38 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-9
1893Cycloceras flandrini Futterer
1985Tropidoceras flandrini Braga and Rivas p. 572 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; pl 2, fig 1
1986Tropidoceras flandrini Meister p. 42 figs. Pl 6, fig 7; pl 8, fig 6
1992Tropidoceras flandrini Thomson and Smith p. 19 figs. Pl 5, fig 5
1995Tropidoceras flandrini Alkaya and Meister p. 156 figs. Pl 9, fig 3; pl 10, fig 1; pl 11, fig 7; text-fig 41
1996Tropidoceras flandrini Smith and Tipper p. 38
2002Tropidoceras flandrini Rakús and Guex p. 126 figs. Pl 29, figs 2,3; pl 31, fig 8; text-fig 103
2006Tropidoceras flandrini Hillebrandt p. 94 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-9; pl 20, figs 1-6; pl 21, fig 2,3; text-figs 18a,b,19a
2007Tropidoceras flandrini Geczy and Meister

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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
speciesflandrini(Dumortier 1869)

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 flandrini Dumortier 1869
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Invalid names: Harpoceras zancleanum Gemmellaro 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1325.07.8080.025.019.6
shell diameter1377.723.0240.078.056.6
shell inflation1333.99.5095.034.022.4

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: Whiteavesi or 189.20000 to 186.20000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras flandrini (55554)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Nevada) Tropidoceras flandrini (207909 207913)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Tropidoceras flandrini (170523 170529 170552)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2France Tropidoceras flandrini (146482 146483 146486 146490 147711 147742 147982 148161 148166 148167 148204)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras flandrini (32843)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Tropidoceras flandrini (147291 147292 147315 147317)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Argentina Tropidoceras flandrini (181776 181906)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Spain (Jaen) Tropidoceras flandrini (190144)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Hungary Tropidoceras flandrini (78878 80142)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Tropidoceras flandrini (147303 147313 147333)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Austria Tropidoceras flandrini (194502)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Tropidoceras flandrini (81552)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Mendoza) Tropidoceras flandrini (42773)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Tropidoceras flandrini (170508 170514 170517 170528)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Argentina Tropidoceras flandrini (181775 181779 181793 181794 181894 181905 181907 181908)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Chile Tropidoceras flandrini (181815)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras flandrini (33131)
Imlayi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras flandrini (32839 33168)
Whiteavesi189.2 - 186.2Canada (British Columbia) Tropidoceras flandrini (32786 32847 32848 33132 33148)