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Tetsaoceras angulatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites angulatus was named by McLearn (1946) [Ceratites hayesi var. angulatus]. Its type specimen is GSC 6476 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tetsaoceras.

It was recombined as Tetsaoceras angulatum by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Ceratites angulatus McLearn p. 19
1994Tetsaoceras angulatum Tozer p. 109 figs. Pl 52, figs 8a-c; text-fig 39b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDanubitoidea()
familyLongobarditidae
subfamilyCzekanowskitinae
genusTetsaoceras
speciesangulatum(McLearn 1946)

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.

Tetsaoceras angulatum McLearn 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height27.00--7.00-
shell diameter224.824.025.624.81.13
shell inflation27.90--7.90-

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Canada (British Columbia) Czekanowskites hayesi (137071) Tetsaoceras angulatum (137523)