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Iranites transcaucasius

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Tompophiceras transcaucasium was named by Shevyrev (1965). Its type specimen is PIN 1478/77 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dorasham 2, Tompophiceras Beds, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Ali Bashi Formation of Azerbaijan.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Tozer (1969); it was recombined as Iranites transcaucasius by Teichert and Kummel (1973), Korn (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Tompophiceras transcaucasium Shevyrev p. 169 figs. Pl 21, fig 6
1973Iranites transcaucasius Teichert and Kummel p. 408 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-15; text-fig 11H
2014Iranites transcaucasius Korn fig. 7B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenodiscidaeFrech 1902
genusIranites
speciestranscaucasius()

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.

†Iranites transcaucasius Shevyrev 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height218.218.018.418.20.283

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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran Iranites transcaucasius (63893 119048 119049 119052 119056 119057 119058 119059 119060 119061 119062 119063 119070 119071 119072 181512) Tompophiceras transcaucasium (118286)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Azerbaijan Iranites transcaucasius (110693) Tompophiceras transcaucasium (type locality: 97244)