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Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites acutus was named by Passy (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus by Förster (1975), Atabekyan (1985), Zaborski (1985), Howarth (1985), Kennedy et al. (1988) and Kennedy (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Turrilites acutus Passy p. 334 figs. pl. 16, figs. 3, 4
1857Turrilites wiestii Sharpe
1862Turrilites tevesthensis Coquand
1952Turrilites dearingi Stephenson
1960Turrilites (Turrilites) dilleri Murphy and Rodda p. 849 figs. Pl. 103, fig. 6
1975Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Förster p. 193 figs. Pl 7, fig 10
1985Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Atabekyan p. 77 figs. Pl 28, figs 5-13; pl 29, figs 1-10; pl 30, figs 1-11
1985Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Howarth
1985Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Zaborski p. 11
1988Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Kennedy et al. p. 42 figs. 1h, 2d,l
1994Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus Kennedy p. 233

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusTurrilitesLamarck 1801
subgenusTurrilitesLamarck 1801
speciesacutus(Passy 1832)

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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Invalid names: Turrilites (Turrilites) dilleri Murphy and Rodda 1960 [synonym], Turrilites dearingi Stephenson 1952 [synonym], Turrilites tevesthensis Coquand 1862 [synonym], Turrilites wiestii Sharpe 1857 [synonym]
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: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Turrilites acutus (10180)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Turrilites acutus (230777 230797)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Turrilites dearingi (6508)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Turrilites wiestii (154013)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan (Hokkaido) Turrilites acutus (62634)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Zacatecas) Turrilites acutus, Turrilites wiestii (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandie) Turrilites acutus (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Turrilites dilleri (1802)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Turrilites acutus (176967)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Turrilites acutus (82855 82857 82913 82916 82919)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola Turrilites acutus (70952 70954)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Turrilites acutus (177076)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandy) Turrilites acutus (4025)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Kazakhstan Turrilites acutus (186750 186751)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Turrilites acutus (178790 178841)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Turrilites acutus (82843)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Turkmenistan Turrilites acutus (186738 186739 186740 186741 186742 186743 186744 186745 186746 186747 186748 186749)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Turrilites acutus (69527)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Turrilites acutus (12466 12467)