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Tropidoceras rotundum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Cycloceras rotunda was named by Futterer (1893) [Cycloceras masseanum var. rotunda].

It was recombined as Tropidoceras rotundum by Alkaya and Meister (1995), Meister and Friebe (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Cycloceras rotunda Futterer
1995Tropidoceras rotundum Alkaya and Meister p. 158 figs. Pl 12, fig 1
2003Tropidoceras rotundum Meister and Friebe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusTropidocerasHyatt 1867
speciesrotundum(Futterer 1893)

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 rotundum Futterer 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height145.0
shell diameter1130.0
shell inflation151.0

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: base of the Ibex to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Tropidoceras rotundum (218932)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Tropidoceras rotundum (147337)