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Tetragonites popetensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonites popetensis was named by Yabe (1903). Its type specimen is UNUT MM7460, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. obscuratus, T. obscurum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Tetragonites popetensis Yabe p. 48 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,6
1958Lytoceras (Tetragonites) henleyense Anderson p. 185 figs. Pl 12, figs 5,5a; pl 41, fig 7
1958Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kernense Anderson p. 187 figs. Plate 32, figure 4; Plate 73, figure 6
1959Tetragonites popetensis Matsumoto p. 153 figs. Text-fig. 74
1960Tetragonites (Saghalinites) henleyense Matsumoto
2005Tetragonites popetensis Shigeta and Maeda p. 88 figs. 38.9-38.11, 38.14-38.15, 42.5-42.11, 43, 44
2016Tetragonites popetensis Shigeta p. 333 figs. 7D-H, 8D,E, 24A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusTetragonites(Kossmat 1895)
speciespopetensisYabe 1903

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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Invalid names: Lytoceras (Tetragonites) henleyense Anderson 1958 [synonym], Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kernense Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height314.58.1021.018.06.75
shell diameter338.319.765.044.022.7
shell inflation314.56.3027.018.010.4

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: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Lytoceras henleyense (44270)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Tetragonites popetensis (4873)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Lytoceras henleyense (86809)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation Tetragonites popetensis (236999 237024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Tetragonites popetensis (4872)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Tetragonites popetensis (181919 181927 181930)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Tetragonites popetensis (225372 225717)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Tetragonites popetensis (181924)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) Lytoceras epigonum (224973) Lytoceras kernense (44268) Tetragonites popetensis (225732)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Tetragonites popetensis (83776)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation Tetragonites popetensis (237609 237617)