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Thomelites tenereensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Thomelites tenereensis was named by Meister et al. (1994). Its type specimen is MNHG 56584, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monts Iguelela, bed 12, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Thomelites tenereensis Meister et al. p. 200 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-7; pl 3, figs 1,2; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusThomelitesJuignet et al. 1973
speciestenereensis

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.

†Thomelites tenereensis Meister et al. 1994
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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 Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Niger Thomelites sp. (175444 type locality: 175447) Thomelites tenereensis (175480)