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Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Sumitomoceras was named by Matsumoto (1969). Its type is Sumitomoceras faustum.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tarrantoceras by Cooper (1978); it was reranked as Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras) by Wright and Kennedy (1981), Wright et al. (1996), Gale et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Acanthoceratidae by Cobban (1988); to Acanthoceratinae by Kennedy and Cobban (1990); and to Tarrantoceras by Wright and Kennedy (1981), Wright et al. (1996), Gale et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Sumitomoceras Matsumoto p. 280
1981Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras) Wright and Kennedy
1988Sumitomoceras Cobban p. 14
1990Sumitomoceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 395
1996Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras) Wright et al. p. 158
2019Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras) Gale et al. p. 260

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusTarrantoceras
subgenusSumitomoceras(Matsumoto 1969)

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.

Subg. †Tarrantoceras (Sumitomoceras) Matsumoto 1969
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Sumitomoceras conlini Wright and Kennedy 1981
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Siphonal tubercles disappearing early, then ventrolaterals; on body chamber ribs crossing arched venter without weakening; interspaces between some long ribs are deeper than the rest, forming shallow constrictions
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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Sumitomoceras conlini (54165)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Sumitomoceras bentonianum (167816 177096) Sumitomoceras conlini (167817) Sumitomoceras sp. (175425)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Sumitomoceras bentonianum (176980 177100) Sumitomoceras conlini (78164 177099)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Sumitomoceras bentonianum (177101 177102)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) Sumitomoceras sp. (175421)