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Tragoceras falcatum

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceratites falcatus was named by Schlotheim (1820).

It was recombined as Cyrtoceras falcatum by Eichwald (1840); it was recombined as Aegoceras falcatum by Remele (1880); it was recombined as Planctoceras falcatum by Balashov (1953); it was recombined as Tragoceras falcatus by Mutvei (2011); it was recombined as Tragoceras falcatum by Pohle et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Orthoceratites falcatus Schlotheim p. 58 figs. pl. 8 f. 2
1840Cyrtoceras falcatum Eichwald p. 108
1880Aegoceras falcatum Remele p. 244
1953Planctoceras falcatum Balashov p. 226
2011Tragoceras falcatus Mutvei
2019Tragoceras falcatum Pohle et al. figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyEstonioceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusTragocerasRemelé 1890
speciesfalcatum(Schlotheim 1820)

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.

Tragoceras falcatum Schlotheim 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kunda or 469.10000 to 464.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Tragoceras falcatus (87731)