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Tragodesmoceras dresdense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae

Taxonomy
Muniericeras dresdense was named by Petrascheck (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dresden-Strehlen, Saxony, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in the Strehlen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Tragodesmoceras dresdense by Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Muniericeras dresdense Petrascheck p. 136 figs. Pl 7, fig 1
2014Tragodesmoceras dresdense Wilmsen and Nagm p. 205 fig. 4a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyMuniericeratidae
genusTragodesmocerasSpath 1922
speciesdresdense(Petrascheck 1902)

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.

†Tragodesmoceras dresdense Petrascheck 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany Muniericeras dresdense (type locality: 74196)