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Tetragonites lecontei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonites lecontei was named by Murphy (1967). Its type specimen is UCR 109/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Tetragonites lecontei Murphy p. 51 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 11, 12, and 13

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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)
specieslecontei

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 lecontei Murphy 1967
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available