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Tetragonites
Taxonomy
Lytoceras (Tetragonites) was named by Kossmat (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 730]. It is the type subgenus of Tetragonitaceae.
It was reranked as Tetragonites by Matsumoto (1959), Murphy (1967), Henderson (1970), Förster (1975), Cooper (1978), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Renz (1982), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Wright et al. (1996), Geyer et al. (1997), Sepkoski (2002), Kennedy and Jolkicev (2004), Kennedy (2005), Szives (2007), Kennedy et al. (2007), Hoffmann (2010), Shigeta (2016), El Qot (2018), Gautam et al. (2019) and Shigeta and Maeda (2023).
It was assigned to Lytoceras by Kossmat (1895) and Paulcke (1907); to Litoceras by Böse (1923); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Tetragonitinae by Matsumoto (1959), Murphy (1967), Henderson (1970), Renz (1982), Wright et al. (1996), Kennedy et al. (2007), Hoffmann (2010) and El Qot (2018); and to Tetragonitidae by Förster (1975), Cooper (1978), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Geyer et al. (1997), Kennedy and Jolkicev (2004), Kennedy (2005), Szives (2007), Shigeta (2016), Gautam et al. (2019) and Shigeta and Maeda (2023).
It was reranked as Tetragonites by Matsumoto (1959), Murphy (1967), Henderson (1970), Förster (1975), Cooper (1978), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Renz (1982), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Wright et al. (1996), Geyer et al. (1997), Sepkoski (2002), Kennedy and Jolkicev (2004), Kennedy (2005), Szives (2007), Kennedy et al. (2007), Hoffmann (2010), Shigeta (2016), El Qot (2018), Gautam et al. (2019) and Shigeta and Maeda (2023).
It was assigned to Lytoceras by Kossmat (1895) and Paulcke (1907); to Litoceras by Böse (1923); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Tetragonitinae by Matsumoto (1959), Murphy (1967), Henderson (1970), Renz (1982), Wright et al. (1996), Kennedy et al. (2007), Hoffmann (2010) and El Qot (2018); and to Tetragonitidae by Förster (1975), Cooper (1978), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Geyer et al. (1997), Kennedy and Jolkicev (2004), Kennedy (2005), Szives (2007), Shigeta (2016), Gautam et al. (2019) and Shigeta and Maeda (2023).
Subtaxa
Epigoniceras epigonum, Litoceras (Tetragonites) zacatecanum, Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kingianum, Neoepigoniceras, T. (Carinites) spathi, T. (Tetragonites), T. bournensis, T. brazoensis, T. crudus, T. epigonus, T. glabrus (syn. Lytoceras (Tetragonites) jacksonense), T. jonesi, T. lecontei, T. madagascarensis, T. margaritatus, T. marshalli, T. nautiloides, T. obscurus, T. popetensis (syn. Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kernense, Lytoceras (Tetragonites) henleyense), T. silencioensis, T. simplex, T. subtimotheanus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1895 | Lytoceras (Tetragonites) Kossmat |
1907 | Lytoceras (Tetragonites) Paulcke p. 8 |
1923 | Litoceras (Tetragonites) Böse p. 126 |
1928 | Tetragonites brazoensis Böse pp. 203-204 figs. pl. 1, figs. 2-7 |
1935 | Epigoniceras Shimizu |
1935 | Neoepigoniceras Shimizu |
1959 | Tetragonites Matsumoto p. 149 |
1967 | Tetragonites Murphy pp. 25 - 26 |
1970 | Tetragonites Henderson p. 9 |
1973 | Tetragonites (Carinites) Wiedmann p. 609 |
1975 | Tetragonites Förster p. 147 |
1978 | Tetragonites Cooper p. 56 |
1979 | Tetragonites Cooper and Kennedy p. 181 |
1982 | Tetragonites Renz p. 33 |
1984 | Tetragonites Wright and Kennedy p. 39 |
1984 | Tetragonites (Carinites) Wright and Kennedy p. 40 |
1994 | Tetragonites Kennedy p. 217 |
1995 | Tetragonites Kennedy p. 388 |
1996 | Tetragonites Wright et al. p. 6 |
1996 | Tetragonites (Carinites) Wright et al. p. 6 |
1997 | Tetragonites Geyer et al. p. 224 |
2002 | Tetragonites Sepkoski |
2004 | Tetragonites Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 372 |
2005 | Tetragonites Kennedy p. 354 |
2007 | Tetragonites Kennedy et al. p. 511 |
2007 | Tetragonites Szives p. 49 |
2010 | Tetragonites Hoffmann p. 80 |
2016 | Tetragonites Shigeta p. 331 |
2018 | Tetragonites El Qot p. 150 |
2019 | Tetragonites Gautam et al. p. 17 |
2023 | Tetragonites Shigeta and Maeda p. 283 |
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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. †Tetragonites Kossmat 1895
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†Litoceras (Tetragonites) zacatecanum Böse 1923
†Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kingianum Kossmat 1895
†Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kingianum involutior Paulcke 1907
Subg. †Tetragonites (Tetragonites) Kossmat 1895
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†Tetragonites (Tetragonites) collignoni Breistroffer 1940
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Invalid names: Tetragonites blaisoni Collignon 1964 [synonym]
†Tetragonites (Tetragonites) duvalianus d'Orbigny 1841
†Tetragonites (Tetragonites) heterosulcatum Anthula 1899
†Tetragonites (Tetragonites) jurinianus Pictet 1847
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Invalid names: Lytoceras (Tetragonites) zacatecanus Böse 1923 [synonym]
†Tetragonites (Tetragonites) kitchini Krenkel 1910
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Invalid names: Tetragonites hulenensis Murphy 1967 [synonym]
†Tetragonites (Tetragonites) timotheanus Pictet 1847
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†Tetragonites timotheanus rectangularis Wiedmann 1962
†Tetragonites rectangularis alaskaensis Murphy 1967
Invalid names: Tetragonites jurinianus angolana Haas 1942 [invalid subgroup]
†Tetragonites bournensis Murphy 1967
†Tetragonites crudus Drushchits 1956
†Tetragonites epigonus Kossmat 1895
†Tetragonites glabrus Jimbo 1910
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Invalid names: Lytoceras (Tetragonites) jacksonense Anderson 1902 [synonym]
†Tetragonites jonesi Murphy 1967
†Tetragonites lecontei Murphy 1967
†Tetragonites madagascarensis Murphy 1967
†Tetragonites margaritatus Marshall 1926
†Tetragonites marshalli Collignon 1956
†Tetragonites nautiloides Pictet 1848
†Tetragonites obscurus Schluter 1872
†Tetragonites popetensis Yabe 1903
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Invalid names: Lytoceras (Tetragonites) henleyense Anderson 1958 [synonym], Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kernense Anderson 1958 [synonym]
†Tetragonites silencioensis Ifrim et al. 2013
†Tetragonites simplex Marshall 1926
†Tetragonites subtimotheanus Wiedmann 1962
Invalid names: Carinites Wiedmann 1973 [synonym], Epigoniceras [synonym], Neoepigoniceras Shimizu 1935 [nomen nudum], Tetragonites brazoensis Böse 1928 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available