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Taffertia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Taffertia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Taffertia taffertensis.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpoceratinae by Howarth (2013).

Species
T. taffertensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Taffertia Sepkoski
2013Taffertia Howarth p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusTaffertia

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. †Taffertia
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carlottense to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 184.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carlottense184.1 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) T. taffertensis (200284)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granda) T. iblanensis, T. taffertensis (201064) T. taffertensis (201067 201068 201069)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Canada (British Columbia) T. sp. (56338) T. tafferentis (200055)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Italy T. taffertensis (145303 145305 145314 145315)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) T. sp., T. taffertensis (55655)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) T. taffertensis (234054)