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Tripterocerina

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Tripteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Tripterocerina was named by Foerste (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 298].

It was assigned to Allumettoceratidae by Flower (1962); and to Tripteroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Tripterocerina Foerste p. 49
1962Tripterocerina Flower
1964Tripterocerina Teichert et al. p. 290
1981Tripterocerina Crick p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyTripteroceratidaeFlower 1941
genusTripterocerinaFoerste 1935

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.

G. †Tripterocerina Foerste 1935
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
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