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Tropiometroidea
Taxonomy
Tropiometracea was named by Clark (1908). It is extant. Its type is Tropiometra.
It was corrected as Tropiometroidea by Hess and Messing (2011), Baumiller and Fordyce (2018).
It was assigned to Comatulidia by Eagle (2009); to Comatulidina by Hess and Messing (2011); and to Comatulida by Shibata and Oji (2007), Baumiller and Fordyce (2018).
It was corrected as Tropiometroidea by Hess and Messing (2011), Baumiller and Fordyce (2018).
It was assigned to Comatulidia by Eagle (2009); to Comatulidina by Hess and Messing (2011); and to Comatulida by Shibata and Oji (2007), Baumiller and Fordyce (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Tropiometracea Clark |
| 2007 | Tropiometracea Shibata and Oji p. 400 |
| 2009 | Tropiometracea Eagle |
| 2011 | Tropiometroidea Hess and Messing p. 109 |
| 2018 | Tropiometroidea Baumiller and Fordyce |
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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.
Superfm. Tropiometroidea Clark 1908
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Fm. Asterometridae Gislen 1924
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Fm. Calometridae Clark 1911
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Fm. Charitometridae Clark 1909
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G. Chlorometra Clark 1909
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Chlorometra bocki Gislen 1922
Chlorometra garrettiana Clark 1907
Invalid names: Diodontometra Gislen 1922 [synonym]
G. Glyptometra Clark 1909
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Glyptometra distincta Carpenter 1888
Glyptometra investigatoris Clark 1909
Glyptometra lateralis Clark 1908
Glyptometra tuberosa Carpenter 1888
Invalid names: Calyptometra Clark 1916 [synonym], Crossometra Clark 1916 [synonym], Pachylometra Clark 1909 [synonym]
G. Monachometra Clark 1916
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Monachometra flexilis Carpenter 1888
Monachometra fragilis Clark 1912
Invalid names: Perissometra Clark 1916 [synonym]
Fm. †Conometridae Gislén 1924
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G. †Amphorometra Gislén 1924
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†Amphorometra bellilensis Valette 1935
†Amphorometra bruennichi Rosenkrantz 1945
†Amphorometra brydonei Gislen 1924
†Amphorometra parva Gislen 1925
†Amphorometra pyropa Zahalka 1892
†Amphorometra rugiana Gislen 1924
†Amphorometra semiglobularis Nielsen 1913
†Amphorometra waitakiana Eagle 2009
G. †Bruennichometra Rasmussen 1961
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†Bruennichometra danica Nielsen 1913
†Bruennichometra granulata Nielsen 1913
†Bruennichometra parvicava Gislen 1924
G. †Vicetiametra Malarodo 1950
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†Vicetiametra albertinii Malaroda 1950
†Vicetiametra otiakeensis Eagle 2009
Fm. †Pseudoconometridae Eagle 2001
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Fm. †Pterocomidae Rasmussen 1978
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G. †Comaturella Muenster 1838
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†Comaturella formosa Walther 1904
†Comaturella pennata von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Comatula pinnata Goldfuss 1831 [synonym], Comaturella wagneri Muenster 1839 [synonym]
Invalid names: Comatulithes von Schlotheim 1823 [replaced], Pterocoma Agassiz 1836 [replaced]
G. †Placometra Jagt 1999
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†Placometra laticirra Carpenter 1880
†Placometra mortenseni Gislen 1924
†Placometra scutata Gislen 1925
Fm. †Thalassometridae Clark 1908
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G. Cosmiometra Clark 1909
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G. Stenometra Clark 1909
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†Stenometra otekaikeensis Eagle 2007
Stenometra quinquecostata Carpenter 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Waitakian or 165.30000 to 21.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Callovian | France | Rhodanometra lorioli (58221) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Comaturella formosa (154138) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Pterocoma pennata (58604) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Comaturella pinnata (35262) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Var) | Pterocoma pennata (58575) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Placometra conica, Placometra laticirra (71069) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium (Liege) | Amphorometra conoidea, Placometra laticirra (32147) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Amphorometra conoidea, Amphorometra rugiana, Placometra laticirra, Placometra scutata (32022) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | Amphorometra conoidea (32157) Placometra laticirra (32153 32156) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Amphorometra conoidea (32168) Amphorometra conoidea, Placometra laticirra (32167) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous | Belgium (Liege) | Placometra laticirra (32175) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Netherlands | Placometra laticirra (32162) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | Netherlands | Amphorometra conoidea (32160) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Amphorometra ornata (76601) | |
| Waitakian | New Zealand (South Island) | Cypelometra aotearoa, Amphorometra waitakiana (216915) Cypelometra aotearoa, Stenometra otekaikeensis, Amphorometra waitakiana, Vicetiametra otiakeensis, Maorimetra ardlogiensis (204563) Cypelometra aotearoa, Stenometra otekaikeensis, Vicetiametra otiakeensis (216919) Cypelometra aotearoa, Stenometra otekaikeensis, Vicetiametra otiakeensis, Maorimetra ardlogiensis (216914) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Japan | Kiimetra miocenica (90777) |