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Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) trachinotum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites trachinotus was named by Oppel (1863) [Locus typicus : Birmensdorf, Thalheim and Fricktal (Aargau, Swiss)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Birmensdorf, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone/marl in the Birmensdorf Beds Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Neumayria, Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras).

It was recombined as Oppelia trachynota by Waagen (1875); it was recombined as Neumayria trachynotus by Douville (1879); it was recombined as Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) trachinotum by Schlegelmilch (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites trachinotus Oppel
1875Oppelia trachynota Waagen p. 54
1879Neumayria trachynotus Douville p. 91
1994Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) trachinotum Schlegelmilch p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyTaramelliceratinaeSpath 1928
genusTaramelliceras
subgenusTaramellicerasDel Campana 1904
speciestrachinotum()

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.50000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Ammonites trachinotus (type locality: 234328)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Taramelliceras trachinotum (198304 198349 198354 198360)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21India Oppelia trachynota (234313)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Madagascar Taramelliceras trachinotum (234298)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France Taramelliceras trachinotum (12342 12343 12363 12364)