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Tetragonites nautiloides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites timotheanus nautiloide was named by Pictet (1848).

It was recombined as Tetragonites nautiloides by Murphy (1967).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ammonites timotheanus nautiloide Pictet p. 296
1967Tetragonites nautiloides Murphy pp. 27 - 28 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 5 - 10

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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)
speciesnautiloides(Pictet 1848)

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.

†Tetragonites nautiloides Pictet 1848
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Dominican Republic Tetragonites nautiloides (65128)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Tetragonites nautiloides (98264)