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Tarphyceras palinurus

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Tarphyceratidae

Taxonomy
Lituites palinurus was named by Billings (1861).

It was recombined as Tarphyceras palinurus by Billings (1861) and Ulrich et al. (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Tarphyceras palinurus Billings
1942Tarphyceras palinurus Ulrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyTarphyceratidae
genusTarphyceras
speciespalinurus(Billings 1861)

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.

Tarphyceras palinurus Billings 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Jeffersonian to the top of the Rangerian or 485.40000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian - Rangerian485.4 - 470.3Canada (Quebec) Tarphyceras palinurus (99217)