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Tornoceras uniangulare

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites uniangularis was named by Conrad (1842). Its type specimen is AMNH 5476/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tornoceras (Tornoceras) uniangulare by House (1965); it was recombined as Tornoceras uniangulare by Korn and Klug (2002) and House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. subundulatum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Goniatites uniangularis Conrad p. 268 figs. Pl 16, fig 4
1885Goniatites astarte Clarke p. 29 figs. Pl 2, figs 9-10
1965Tornoceras (Tornoceras) uniangulare House
2002Tornoceras uniangulare Korn and Klug p. 155
2008Tornoceras uniangulare House and Kirchgasser p. 163 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-4,6; text-figs 54A-C, 55A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyTornoceratinaeArthaber 1911
genusTornocerasHyatt 1884
speciesuniangulare(Conrad 1842)

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.

†Tornoceras uniangulare Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Goniatites astarte Clarke 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height126.0
shell diameter145.0
shell inflation10.001

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 383.70000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Tornoceras uniangulare (38460)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Tornoceras uniangulare (8999 9028 9029 9352 9353 9354 9355 10459 135986)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4USA (New York) Tornoceras uniangulare (136081 136082 136085 136086)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Ohio) Tornoceras uniangulare (74950)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5USA (New York) Tornoceras uniangulare (136375 136378 136396 136397 136399 136400 157638)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7USA (New York) Tornoceras uniangulare (136012)