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Tarrantoceras (Tarrantoceras) sellardsi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mantelliceras sellardsi was named by Adkins (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 2412. Pepper Creek, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Eagle Ford Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Tarrantoceras, Tarrantoceras (Tarrantoceras).

It was recombined as Tarrantoceras sellardsi by Stephenson (1955), Kennedy et al. (1988) and Cobban (1988); it was recombined as Tarrantoceras (Tarrantoceras) sellardsi by Wright et al. (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Mantelliceras sellardsi Adkins p. 239 figs. Pl 25, fig 1; pl 26, fig 4
1955Tarrantoceras rotatile Stephenson p. 59 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-10
1955Tarrantoceras sellardsi Stephenson p. 59
1955Tarrantoceras lillianense Stephenson p. 60 figs. Pl 5, figs 22-27
1955Tarrantoceras stantoni Stephenson p. 60 figs. Pl 5, figs 11-21
1955Tarrantoceras multicostatum Stephenson p. 61 figs. Pl 6, figs 21-23
1988Tarrantoceras sellardsi Cobban p. 5 figs. Pl 1; pl 2, figs 1-22,27,28; text-fig 4
1988Tarrantoceras sellardsi Kennedy et al. p. 41 figs. 2t-w
1996Tarrantoceras (Tarrantoceras) sellardsi Wright et al. p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusTarrantoceras
subgenusTarrantoceras
speciessellardsi()

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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Invalid names: Tarrantoceras lillianense Stephenson 1955 [synonym], Tarrantoceras multicostatum Stephenson 1955 [synonym], Tarrantoceras rotatile Stephenson 1955 [synonym], Tarrantoceras stantoni Stephenson 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available