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Titanites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Titanites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dorsoplanitinae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
T. giganteus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Titanites Arkell et al. p. L334
2002Galbanites Sepkoski
2002Titanites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyDorsoplanitinaeArkell 1950
genusTitanites

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. †Titanites
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†Titanites giganteus Sowerby 1816
Invalid names: Galbanites [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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Russian Federation T. sp. (190570)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation T. sp. (190575 190684 190834)