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Tollia mutabilis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Olcostephanus (Simbirskites) mutabilis was named by Stanton (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Valanginian; Pacific Coast North America.]. Its type specimen is USNM 23089, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dichotomites mutabilis by Anderson (1938); it was recombined as Homolsomites mutabilis by Imlay (1956) and Imlay (1960); it was recombined as Tollia mutabilis by Imlay and Jones (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Olcostephanus (Simbirskites) mutabilis Stanton pp. 77-78 figs. pl. 15, figs. 1-5
1938Dichotomites gregerseni Anderson pp. 158 - 159 figs. Plate 28, figures 3, 4
1938Dichotomites tehamaensis Anderson p. 158 figs. Plate 28, figure 2; plate 30, figure 6
1938Dichotomites burgeri Anderson p. 159 figs. Plate 28, figure 5
1938Dichotomites mutabilis Anderson p. 160
1956Homolsomites burgeri Imlay p. 1144
1956Homolsomites gregerseni Imlay p. 1144
1956Homolsomites mutabilis Imlay p. 1144
1956Homolsomites tehamaensis Imlay p. 1144
1960Homolsomites mutabilis Imlay p. 200
1970Tollia mutabilis Imlay and Jones pp. B36 - B38 figs. Plate 7, figures 1, 2, 4-12; plate 8, figures 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusTolliaPavlow 1914
speciesmutabilis()

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.

Tollia mutabilis Stanton 1895
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Invalid names: Dichotomites burgeri Anderson 1938 [synonym], Dichotomites gregerseni Anderson 1938 [synonym], Dichotomites tehamaensis Anderson 1938 [synonym]
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: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Coniacian or 139.80000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (California) Tollia mutabilis (225864 225865 225868 225871)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (Oregon) Tollia mutabilis (83606 225875)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Dichotomites tehamaensis, Dichotomites gregerseni, Dichotomites burgeri (44239)