Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Tragorhacoceras occultum

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras occultum was named by von Mojsisovics (1873). Its type specimen is GBA 1873/005/0054/01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tragorhacoceras.

It was recombined as Rhacophyllites occultus by von Mojsisovics (1902); it was recombined as Tragorhacoceras occultum by Spath (1934), Rakús (1993), Tozer (1994) and Tatzreiter and Zorn (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Phylloceras occultum von Mojsisovics p. 38 figs. Pl 16, figs 3-6
1902Rhacophyllites occultus von Mojsisovics p. 320
1934Tragorhacoceras occultum Spath
1993Tragorhacoceras occultum Rakús p. 943 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-9; text-figs 12,13
1994Tragorhacoceras occultum Tozer p. 272 figs. Pl 146, figs 18a,b; text-fig 119b
2013Tragorhacoceras occultum Tatzreiter and Zorn p. 110 figs. Pl 3, fig 1

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyDiscophyllitidaeSpath 1927
genusTragorhacocerasSpath 1927
speciesoccultum()

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.

Tragorhacoceras occultum von Mojsisovics 1873
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height328.027.029.028.01.41
shell diameter360.851.970.061.89.06
shell inflation319.017.021.319.13.04

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 221.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Austria Phylloceras occultum (159516) Rhacophyllites occultus (159573 159899 159968)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Canada (British Columbia) Tragorhacoceras occultum (139034)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Phylloceras occultum (159543)