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Tirolites jiangsuensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tirolitidae

Taxonomy
Tirolites jiangsuensis was named by Guo (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 20067 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhushan, Jiangning (lower Spathian assemblage), which is in a Spathian basinal (carbonate) claystone in the Qinglong Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Tirolites jiangsuensis Guo p. 565 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; text-fig 7
2015Tirolites jiangsuensis Ji et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyTirolitidae()
genusTirolitesMojsisovics 1879
speciesjiangsuensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height23.873.005.004.001.41
shell diameter220.318.023.020.53.54
shell inflation212.011.013.012.01.41

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Jiangsu) Tirolites jiangsuensis (type locality: 150819)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Anhui) Tirolites jiangsuensis (150818 216989)