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Truyolsoceras bicostatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites bicostatus was named by Hall (1843). Its type specimen is AMNH 5888/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Corell's Point, shore of Lake Erie, which is in a Famennian marine shale in the Gowanda Formation of New York.

It was recombined as Truyolsoceras bicostatum by House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Goniatites bicostatus Hall p. 245 fig. 107(8)
2008Truyolsoceras bicostatum House and Kirchgasser p. 179 figs. Pl 27, figs 7-10; pl 30, figs 2,4-14; text-figs 59B, 60A-C,H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyAulatornoceratinae(Becker 1993)
genusTruyolsocerasMontesinos 1987
speciesbicostatum(Hall 1843)

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 height210.28.5012.310.42.69
shell diameter219.615.325.020.16.86
shell inflation22.311.902.802.350.636

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New York) Goniatites bicostatus (157639) Truyolsoceras bicostatum (84629 136818 136826)