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Tragodesmoceras averilli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus averilli was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 61631.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North bank of Sacramento River at Redding, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in California.

It was recombined as Tragodesmoceras averilli by Matsumoto (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Pachydiscus averilli Anderson p. 222 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,4a
1959Tragodesmoceras averilli Matsumoto p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyMuniericeratidae
genusTragodesmocerasSpath 1922
speciesaverilli()

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.

†Tragodesmoceras averilli Anderson 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height140.0
shell diameter185.0
shell inflation123.0

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: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Pachydiscus averilli (type locality: 158096)