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Tetragonites (Tetragonites) heterosulcatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras (Tetragonites) heterosulcatum was named by Anthula (1899).

It was recombined as Tetragonites heterosulcatus by Murphy (1967); it was recombined as Tetragonites (Tetragonites) heterosulcatum by Szives (2007).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Lytoceras (Tetragonites) heterosulcatum Anthula pp. 99-100 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 6
1967Tetragonites heterosulcatus Murphy p. 32 fig. 14
2007Tetragonites (Tetragonites) heterosulcatum Szives p. 50 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,10

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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)
subgenusTetragonitesKossmat 1895
speciesheterosulcatum(Anthula 1899)

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.

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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: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Albian or 119.57000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina Tetragonites heterosulcatus (63996)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Hungary Tetragonites heterosulcatum (226273)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Tetragonites heterosulcatus (83557)