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Oxytornoceras acutum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tornoceras acutum was named by Frech (1902). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Oxytornoceras acutum by Korn and Klug (2002), Woroncowa-Marcinowska (2006), Becker (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Tornoceras acutum Frech
2002Oxytornoceras acutum Korn and Klug p. 158
2006Oxytornoceras acutum Woroncowa-Marcinowska p. 137 figs. 29B,C, 32C-F
2016Oxytornoceras acutum Becker p. 183 fig. 8b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyTornoceratinaeArthaber 1911
genusOxytornocerasBecker 1993
speciesacutum(Frech 1902)

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.

Oxytornoceras acutum Frech 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height227.819.839.029.413.6
shell diameter245.232.463.047.721.6
shell inflation20.0010.0010.0010.001-

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: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Oxytornoceras acutum (135716 135749)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Tornoceras acutum (5960)