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Truempyceras pluriformis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Taxonomy
Anasibirites pluriformis was named by Guex (1978). Its type specimen is Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneva G-P 25, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Truempyceras pluriformis by Brühwiler and Bucher (2012) and Dai et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Anasibirites pluriformis Guex p. 107 figs. Pl 3, figs 7-9; pl 4, figs 1-3,7,8; pl 5, figs 6,7
2012Truempyceras pluriformis Brühwiler and Bucher p. 89 figs. 72P-U, 73A-N
2023Truempyceras pluriformis Dai et al. fig. 14F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusTruempyceras
speciespluriformis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height815.0--15.0-
shell diameter847.240.060.046.57.70
shell inflation811.0--11.0-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan Anasibirites pluriformis (102306 102307 102313 102314 102324 102325 102326) Truempyceras pluriformis (139160 139165 139167 139426 139427 139428)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Xizang) Anasibirites pluriformis (97334) Truempyceras pluriformis (229753 229786 229789)