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Tropidoceras zitteli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Tropidoceras zitteli was named by Fucini (1899).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Tropidoceras zitteli Fucini figs. Pl. 22, fig. 3
1985Tropidoceras zitteli Braga and Rivas p. 580 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6; pl 4, figs 1-5
1995Tropidoceras zitteli Alkaya and Meister p. 159 figs. Pl 13, figs 3,4,6,8,9
2002Tropidoceras zitteli Rakús and Guex p. 129 figs. Pl 30, figs 6,9; text-fig 104
2006Tropidoceras zitteli Hillebrandt p. 105 figs. Pl 24, figs 7-12; text-fig 19d-j
2007Tropidoceras zitteli Geczy and Meister
2011Tropidoceras zitteli Meister et al. p. 117.e22 figs. 13.1, 13.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusTropidocerasHyatt 1867
specieszitteliFucini 1899

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.

Tropidoceras zitteli Fucini 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height819.54.5046.622.514.2
shell diameter863.317.1136.069.239.5
shell inflation829.88.8058.336.019.4

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Ibex or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Chile Tropidoceras zitteli (181909)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Spain (Granada) Tropidoceras zitteli (190149)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Spain (Murcia) Tropidoceras zitteli (190145)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Spain (Jaen) Tropidoceras zitteli (145374)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Tropidoceras zitteli (81548 81549)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Argentina Tropidoceras zitteli (181776 181777 181906)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Tunisia Tropidoceras zitteli (170523)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Morocco Tropidoceras zitteli (148877 148878)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Hungary Tropidoceras zitteli (78856 78869)
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Argentina Tropidoceras zitteli (181894)