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Timorites sinensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae

Taxonomy
Timorites sinensis was named by Sheng (1984). Its type specimen is P3029 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiukang Limestone Block, Sample I89-2177, Lhaze County, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Quxia Formation of China.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-09-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Timorites sinensis Sheng p. 65 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; text-fig 11
2002Timorites sinensis Leonova
2010Timorites sinensis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyCyclolobidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyCyclolobinaeZittel 1895
genusTimoritesHaniel 1915
speciessinensis

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.

†Timorites sinensis Sheng 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height170.5
shell diameter1151.0
shell inflation144.7

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Xizang) Timorites sinensis (type locality: 117566)