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Paratropites teres

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Paratropites teres was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28977 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 42320, Mount McLearn, which is in a Tuvalian marine siliciclastic in the Baldonnel Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Paratropites teres Tozer p. 216 figs. Pl 95, figs 5-7,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusParatropites(Mojsisovics 1893)
speciesteres

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.

Paratropites teres Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height413.0--13.0-
shell diameter426.518.638.026.58.08
shell inflation43.00--3.00-

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: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Canada (British Columbia) Paratropites teres (type locality: 56873 137246 137509)