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Retrotornoceras alobatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Retrotornoceras alobatum was named by House (2002). It is not extant. Its type locality is Waterside Cove, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Retrotornoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Retrotornoceras alobatum House

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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
genusRetrotornoceras
speciesalobatum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height23.703.603.803.700.141
shell diameter26.626.007.306.650.919
shell inflation20.9950.9001.101.000.141

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15United Kingdom (England) Retrotornoceras alobatum (type locality: 135957)