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Tropaeum (Ancylotropaeum) baylissi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Tropaeum (Ancylotropaeum) baylissi was named by Casey (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SW Isle of Wight, Upper Crioceras Beds, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Ferruginous Sands Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Tropaeum (Ancylotropaeum).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tropaeum (Ancylotropaeum) baylissi Casey p. 639

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusTropaeumSowerby 1837
subgenusAncylotropaeumCasey 1980
speciesbaylissiCasey 1980

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: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Tropaeum baylissi (type locality: 77925)