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Tumulites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tumulites was named by McCaleb et al. (1964). Its type is Tumulites varians.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Girtyoceratidae by Korn (2006); and to Girtyoceratinae by Furnish et al. (2009).

Species
T. eurinus, T. varians (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Tumulites McCaleb et al.
2002Tumilites Sepkoski
2006Tumulites Korn
2009Tumulites Furnish et al. p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyGirtyoceratinaeWedekind 1918
genusTumulitesMcCaleb et al. 1964

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. †Tumulites McCaleb et al. 1964
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Tumulites eurinus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Tumulites varians McCaleb et al. 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available