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Tardeceras parvum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropiceltitidae

Taxonomy
Tardeceras parvum was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Juvavites subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California. It is the type species of Tardeceras.

It was recombined as Metasibirites parvus by Smith (1927).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Tardeceras parvum Hyatt and Smith p. 44 figs. Pl 79, figs 11-20
1927Metasibirites parvus Smith p. 64 figs. Pl 60, figs 31-46; pl 79, figs 11-20
1951Tardeceras parvum Spath p. 104
1994Tardeceras parvum Tozer p. 226 figs. Pl 94, figs 9a,b; pl 99, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropiceltitidae
genusTardeceras
speciesparvum

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.

Tardeceras parvum Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
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