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Titanoleioceras boreale

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Titanoleioceras boreale was named by Kennedy et al. (2024). Its type specimen is MGUH 34458, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CASP W4225, Windy Valley, Kangerlussuaq, which is in a Cenomanian offshore mudstone in the Sorgenfri Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Titanoleioceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Titanoleioceras boreale Kennedy et al. p. 14 figs. 8A-Q, 9-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyTetragonitinaeHyatt 1900
genusTitanoleioceras
speciesboreale

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.

Titanoleioceras boreale Kennedy et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height244.815.4130.372.981.2
shell diameter278.727.5225.0126.2139.7
shell inflation211.54.5029.517.017.7

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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greenland Titanoleioceras boreale (type locality: 237446)