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Torquatisphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Torquatisphinctes was named by Spath [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm-l J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Virgatosphinctinae by Myczynski (1989); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Torquatisphinctes Myczynski p. 95
2002Torquatisphinctes 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
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusTorquatisphinctesSpath

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. †Torquatisphinctes Spath
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.1
shell diameter140.2
shell inflation118.5

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 Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Berriasian163.5 - 139.8Spain T. sp. (73297)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1India T. intermedius, T. torquatus (65760) T. terquatus (65887)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1China (Xizang) T. sp. (61451)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar T. alterneplicatus (98164 98178 234277) T. besairiei (234323) T. madagascariensis (98162) T. sp. (98193) T. sp., T. besairiei (98163)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar T. habyensis, T. howarthi, T. mitiense (234281) T. rebillyi (234298) T. similis (234275)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar (Mahajanga) T. primus (234290)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) T. sp. (192465)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar (Sofia) T. madagascariensis (234294)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania T. plebejum (198360)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar T. intermedius (234322) T. rebillyi, T. transitorius, T. torquatus (234301)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania T. transiens (198385)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian152.1 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) T. naifaensis (2547 2617)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Antarctica T. sp. a, T. sp. c (76463) T. sp. b (76464)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Cuba T. torquatus (57191)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Spain T. sp. (235585)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) T. isolatus, T. paraboliferus (13412) T. sp. (13414)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Romania T. laxus (198387)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany T. filiplex (13413) T. guembeli, T. regularis (13417)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy (Ancona) T. primus (46535 46537)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina T. mendozanus (47416)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquen) T. proximus (47412 47413 47414)