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Tropidodiscus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Tropidodiscus Meek and Worthen p. 160
1882Tropidocyclus de Koninck p. 81
1889Oxydiscus Koken p. 390
1894Bellerophon (Tropidocyclus) Frech p. 461
1897Oxydiscus Ulrich and Scofield
1903Bellerophon (Oxydiscus) Perner p. 160
1925Tropidodiscus Koken and Perner
1934Oxynodiscus Kobayashi p. 381
1956Tropidodiscus Knight p. 42
1960Tropidodiscus Knight et al. p. 179
1992Tropidodiscus Wahlman
2002Tropidodiscus Sepkoski
2005Tropidodiscus Bouchet et al. pp. 177, 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusTropidodiscus

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.

G. †Tropidodiscus Meek and Worthen 1866
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Subg. †Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus) Meek and Worthen 1866
Subg. †Tropidodiscus (Umbilicatus) Fix 1975
Tropidodiscus annularis Perner 1903
Tropidodiscus carnicus Spitz 1907
Tropidodiscus delanoui Oehlert and Oehlert 1888
Tropidodiscus geyeri Frech 1894
Tropidodiscus imitator Koken 1889
Tropidodiscus minimus Tschernischeff 1893
Tropidodiscus minimus americanus Williams and Breger 1916
Tropidodiscus nakazatensis Kase and Nishida 1986
Tropidodiscus obex Clarke 1907
Tropidodiscus phoenix Heidelberger 2001
Tropidodiscus pragensis Horný 1963
Tropidodiscus rotula de Koninck 1883
Invalid names: Oxydiscus Koken 1889 [objective synonym], Tropidocyclus de Koninck 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
Created: 2009-03-04 10:26:57
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:57:30
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Changhsingian or 485.40000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (113 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Colombia Oxydiscus sp. (8862)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (AnHui) T. sp. (7846)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia T. sp. (8837 8838)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina T. sp. (8866 9008)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (North Dakota) T. sp. (414)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Montana) T. sp. (286)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (10757 10758)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (10720)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Guadalajara) T. sp. (194897)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) T. sp. (20898)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Shaanxi) T. sp. (8536)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic T. sp. (3857)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Norway T. sp. (2950)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Norway T. sp. (3250)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (QingHai) T. sp. (8682)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (AnHui) T. sp. (7860)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (GanSu) T. sp. (8578)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic T. sp. (3859)
Soudleyan - Onnian458.4 - 449.5China (GanSu) T. sp. (8547)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) T. sp. (62309)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (10722 34545 34547 34560 34561 34563)
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3Iran T. sp. (84838)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) T. sp. (26294)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (64403)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Oxydiscus sp. (5398)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) T. sp. (356)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Oxydiscus sp. (394)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Shaanxi) T. sp. (8538)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (43739)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) T. sp. (166199)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (GanSu) T. sp. (8564)
Wufeng - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.4China (JiangXi) T. sp. (7747)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) T. sp. (8366 8370)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (524)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Ohio) T. sp. (448)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Victoria) T. sp. (8028)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Mexico (Tamaulipas) T. sp. (5121 5123 5125)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Victoria) T. sp. (8038)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Oxydiscus annularis (104939)
Gleedonian425.4 - 427.4Canada (Nova Scotia) T. arisaigensis (155696)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2France T. sp. (26114)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Russian Federation T. curvilineatus (13958)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Maine) T. minimus (103304) T. obex (103288 103303)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8France T. sp. (26115)
Helderbergian - Emsian419.2 - 393.3Austria T. sp. (26203)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Kazakhstan (Karagandinskaya Oblast) T. sp. (69181 69183 69184 69187 69188 69191 69192 69193 69194)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Austria Oxydiscus geyeri (154582)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) T. sp. (40360) T. sp. A (75693 75695) T. sp. B (75698)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Austria (Styrian) Zonidiscus carnicus, Zonidiscus geyeri (157679)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic T. pragensis (111226 153832)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa Bellerophon globosus (35587)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (Queensland) T. foliatus (39873 56314)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) T. centrifugulus (77418) T. centrifugus (43890)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Vietnam T. curvilineatus (83329)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) T. waratahensis (49108)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Czech Republic (Prague) T. pragensis (56663)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Austria T. carnicus (26224 26226 26237) T. geyeri (26219 26220) T. sp. (26227 26230)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Luxembourg T. vicinus (232220 232281 233203)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Bellerophon curvilineatus (166208) T. sp. (77076)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Japan (Iwate) T. nakazatensis (104031)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) T. cultricarinatus (102528)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Nevada) T. sp. (3826)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Michigan) T. compticarinatus (102527)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) T. vesculilineatus (102525)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Illinois) T. compticarinatus (24285)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) T. sp. (39234)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) T. phoenix (38358)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Brazil (Para) T. sp. (37173)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Guangxi) T. sp. (45616)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2France (Brittany) T. sp. (5916)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Cymbularia carinata (43904 44088)
Osagean - Chadian352.0 - 340.0USA (Virginia) Oxydiscus sp. (6996)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium (Liége) Tropidocyclus rotula (147082)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Tropidocyclus sp. (86542)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) T. incertus (112116)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) T. incertus (112113)