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Tropidoceras actaeon orientale

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Tropidoceras actaeon orientale was named by Bremer (1965). Its type specimen is Ce 1259/79 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lodumlu, Ankara, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian marine marl in Turkey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. arietiforme, T. subarietiforme

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Tropidoceras actaeon orientale Bremer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusTropidocerasHyatt 1867
speciesactaeon()
subspeciesorientale

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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available