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Thomasites gongilensis
Taxonomy
Vascoceras gongilensis was named by Woods (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian-Turonian; Europe, Middle East.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gongila (Falconer collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Nigeria. It is the type species of Gombeoceras.
It was recombined as Gombeoceras gongilensis by Reyment (1954); it was recombined as Gombeoceras gongilense by Reyment (1955) and Barber (1957); it was recombined as Thomasites gongilensis by Zaborski (1987), Meister (1989) and Kennedy and Simmons (1991).
It was recombined as Gombeoceras gongilensis by Reyment (1954); it was recombined as Gombeoceras gongilense by Reyment (1955) and Barber (1957); it was recombined as Thomasites gongilensis by Zaborski (1987), Meister (1989) and Kennedy and Simmons (1991).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Vascoceras gongilensis Woods p. 282 figs. Pl 21, fig 7; pl 22, fig 1 |
| 1954 | Gombeoceras gongilensis Reyment p. 151 |
| 1954 | Gombeoceras subtenue Reyment p. 261 figs. Pl 4, fig 4; text-fig 3f |
| 1955 | Gombeoceras gongilense Reyment p. 63 figs. Pl 14, fig 5; pl 21, fig 4 |
| 1957 | Gombeoceras gongilense Barber p. 39 figs. Pl 17, fig 3; pl 33, figs 1-3 |
| 1957 | Gombeoceras gongilense subtenue Barber p. 43 figs. Pl 19, fig 4; pl 20, fig 3; pl 2, fig 3; pl 33, figs 13,14,17 |
| 1987 | Thomasites gongilensis Zaborski p. 47 figs. 29, 34-35 |
| 1989 | Thomasites gongilensis Meister p. 38 figs. Pl 16, figs 3-5; pl 17, figs 1-6; pl 18, figs 1-3; pl 19, figs 1-5; pl 20, figs 1-5; pl 21, figs 1-3 |
| 1991 | Thomasites gongilensis Kennedy and Simmons p. 142 |
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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.
†Thomasites gongilensis Woods 1911
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†Gombeoceras gongilense compressum Barber 1957
†Gombeoceras gongilense costatum Barber 1957
†Gombeoceras gongilense crassicostatum Barber 1957
†Gombeoceras gongilense lautum Barber 1957
†Gombeoceras gongilense tectiforme Barber 1957
Invalid names: Gombeoceras subtenue Reyment 1954 [synonym]
†Gombeoceras gongilense inflatum Barber 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Brazil | Gombeoceras gongilense (140840) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Arizona) | Thomasites gongilensis (55890) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Nigeria | Gombeoceras subtenue, Gombeoceras gongilense (82779) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Nigeria | Gombeoceras gongilense (83008 83009 83010 83012 83021 83023 83025 83026 210099 210100 210107 210109) Gombeoceras subtenue (210168) Thomasites gongilensis (69518 175522 175524) Vascoceras gongilensis (117606) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Oman | Thomasites gongilensis (82360) |