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Tozerites polygyratus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proteusitidae

Taxonomy

Celtites polygyratus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Tozerites polygyratus by Silberling and Nichols (1982), Tozer (1994).

Synonyms

Celtites gabbi was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tozerites polygyratus by Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Celtites gabbi Smith p. 34 figs. Pl 20, figs 9-14
1914	Celtites polygyratus Smith p. 35 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-8
1982	Tozerites polygyratus Silberling and Nichols p. 56 figs. Pl 27, figs 24-29
1994	Tozerites polygyratus Tozer p. 137 figs. Pl 65, figs 4a,b; pl 66, figs 1,2; text-fig 49b

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Nathorstitaceae	Spath 1951
family	Proteusitidae
genus	Tozerites
species	polygyratus	()

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.

†Tozerites polygyratus Smith 1914

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Invalid names: Celtites gabbi Smith 1914 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	4	6.26	4.90	8.00	6.45	2.19
shell diameter	4	20.6	12.4	35.5	20.2	9.73
shell inflation	4	16.2	12.0	22.0	17.0	7.07

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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Canada (British Columbia)	Tozerites polygyratus (44151)
Illyrian	243.33 - 241.464	USA (Nevada)	Celtites polygyratus, Celtites gabbi (type locality: 142671) Tozerites polygyratus (57089 142859 143025 143031)
Illyrian	243.33 - 241.464	Canada (British Columbia)	Tozerites polygyratus (139053 139558)