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Tetragonites glabrus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras glabrum was named by Jimbo (1910). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Epigoniceras glabrum by Matsumoto (1942); it was recombined as Tetragonites glabrus by Matsumoto (1959), Jones (1967) and Cooper (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. obscuratus, T. obscurum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Lytoceras (Tetragonites) jacksonense Anderson p. 82 figs. Pl 5, figs 124, 125
1910Lytoceras glabrum Jimbo p. 34 figs. pl. 6, fig. 2
1942Epigoniceras glabrum Matsumoto p. 671
1958Lytoceras (Tetragonites) jacksonense Anderson p. 186 figs. Pl 10, figs 2,2a
1959Tetragonites glabrus Matsumoto pp. 149 - 150 figs. Pl. 39, figs. 2, 3a, b; Text-figs. 72, 73
1967Tetragonites glabrus Jones p. 24
2003Tetragonites glabrus Cooper p. 96 figs. 3F,G, 5E,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusTetragonites(Kossmat 1895)
speciesglabrus(Jimbo 1910)

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.

†Tetragonites glabrus Jimbo 1910
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Invalid names: Lytoceras (Tetragonites) jacksonense Anderson 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height518.29.0037.018.011.6
shell diameter540.320.077.042.021.9
shell inflation510.55.5018.012.54.84

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Lytoceras jacksonense (44208)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Tetragonites glabrus (86784 185723 222112 225835)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan Tetragonites glabrus (69159 69164 69165 69167 69171 69173 69174)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3USA (Alaska) Tetragonites glabrus (88917 88940)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Tetragonites glabrus (86816 215570 222110)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Oregon) Tetragonites glabrus, Lytoceras jacksonense (86813)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan (Hokkaido) Tetragonites glabrus (200137)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation Tetragonites glabrus (84214)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Tetragonites glabrus (215505 224928)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Angola Tetragonites glabrus (210897)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Alaska) Tetragonites glabrus (51920)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan Tetragonites glabrus (4877 69158 69162 69163 69166 69169 69172 212857)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation Tetragonites glabrus (84216)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Angola Tetragonites glabrus (210898)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Epigoniceras glabrum (64587 64588)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Tetragonites glabrus (62210 62211 62217 62330 62331 62332 62333 62334 62335)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Epigoniceras glabrum (64590 64593 64595 64597 64603)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Epigoniceras glabrum (64608 64610)