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Tympanoceras trisulcatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cravenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tympanoceras trisulcatum was named by Ruzhentsev (1958). Its type specimen is PIN 455/458, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 27, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Tympanoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Tympanoceras trisulcatum Ruzhentsev p. 295 figs. 1, 2
1971Tympanoceras trisulcatum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 270 figs. Pl 27, figs 9,10; pl 28, figs 1-3; text-fig 64e-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoglyphioceratoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyCravenoceratidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyLyrogoniatitinae
genusTympanocerasRuzhencev 1958
speciestrisulcatumRuzhentsev 1958

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.

Tympanoceras trisulcatum Ruzhentsev 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height56.684.909.806.501.90
shell diameter522.215.034.221.77.42
shell inflation510.26.6017.010.24.08

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: Pendleian or 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Tympanoceras trisulcatum (166944)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Tympanoceras trisulcatum (8421 166865 166878 166879 166880 166881 166882 166884 166885 166888 166889 166891 166892 166893 type locality: 166894 166895)