Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Tornoceras aequilobum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tornoceras aequilobum was named by Söte et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.29406.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sand A, Herkenrather Straße 70, Bergisch Gladbach, which is in a Frasnian offshore shale in the Sand Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Tornoceras aequilobum Söte et al. p. 250 figs. 6f-h, 8c,d

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyTornoceratinaeArthaber 1911
genusTornocerasHyatt 1884
speciesaequilobum

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.

Tornoceras aequilobum Söte et al. 2021
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.66
shell diameter16.60
shell inflation10.300

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Tornoceras aequilobum (220476 220479 type locality: 220483)