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Tragodesmoceras carlilense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae

Taxonomy
Tragodesmoceras carlilense was named by Cobban (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 166349, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Tragodesmoceras carlilense Cobban p. 8 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, figs 1-16; pl 5, figs 1-5; text-figs 6-8
2019Tragodesmoceras carlilense Sealey and Lucas p. 150 fig. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyMuniericeratidae
genusTragodesmocerasSpath 1922
speciescarlilense

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
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Tragodesmoceras carlilense (176957 176958 176959 176960 176961 176962 176963)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Wyoming) Tragodesmoceras carlilense (88383 176941 176942 176943 176953 176954 176955 176956)