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Tissotia polygona

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae

Taxonomy
Tissotia polygona was named by Solger (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elephantenbank (Coniacian), which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Tissotia polygona Solger p. 161 fig. 50,51
1955Tissotia polygona Reyment p. 87
1958Tissotia polygona Reyment p. 59 figs. Pl 3, fig 1

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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)
familyTissotiidae
genusTissotiaDouvillé 1890
speciespolygona

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.

†Tissotia polygona Solger 1904
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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: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Nigeria Tissotia polygona (82737)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Tissotia polygona (82789 type locality: 209682)