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Turrilitidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Turrilitidae Gill
1952Turrilitidae Wright
1975Turrilitidae Förster p. 186
1979Turrilitidae Cooper and Kennedy p. 228
1979Turrilitidae Summesberger p. 122
1979Turrilitidae Wright p. 294
1980Turrilitidae Kennedy et al. p. 211
1980Turrilitidae Summesberger p. 277
1981Turrilitidae Kennedy et al. p. 211
1984Turrilitidae Matsumoto p. 28
1985Turrilitidae Atabekyan p. 23
1988Turrilitidae Kennedy et al. p. 42
1990Turrilitidae Henderson p. 133
1990Turrilitidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 417
1991Turrilitidae Kennedy and Simmons p. 145
1994Turrilitidae Kennedy p. 232
1998Turrilitidae Kennedy et al. p. 42
2000Turrilitidae Arkadiev et al. p. 116
2005Turrilitidae Kennedy p. 409
2007Turrilitidae Szives p. 113
2013Turrilitidae Kennedy p. 647
2014Turrilitidae Mosavinia et al. p. 84
2016Turrilitidae Sharifi et al. p. 606
2017Turrilitidae Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 116
2018Turrilitidae El Qot p. 166
2018Turrilitidae Gale et al. p. 118
2018Turrilitidae Kennedy and Morris p. 97
2018Turrilitidae Tajika et al. p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871

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.

Fm. †Turrilitidae Gill 1871
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G. †Carthaginites Pervinquière 1907
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†Carthaginites aquilonius Kennedy and Cobban 1990
G. †Hypoturrilites Dubourdieu 1953
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†Hypoturrilites betaitraensis Collignon 1964
†Hypoturrilites cricki Klinger and Kennedy 1978
†Hypoturrilites gravesianus d'Orbigny 1842
†Hypoturrilites intersignus Atabekyan 1985
†Hypoturrilites laevigatus Coquand 1862
†Hypoturrilites mantelli Sharpe 1857
†Hypoturrilites obliquus Sowerby 1814
†Hypoturrilites primus Atabekyan 1985
†Hypoturrilites taxyfabreae Collignon 1964
†Hypoturrilites tenouklensis Pervinquiere 1910
†Hypoturrilites wiedmanni Collignon 1964
†Hypoturrilites youngi Clark 1965
G. †Mariella Nowak 1916
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Subg. †Mariella (Mariella) Nowak 1916
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†Mariella (Mariella) asper Kennedy 2004
†Mariella (Mariella) bergeri Brongniart 1822
†Mariella (Mariella) fricki Murphy and Rodda 1960
†Mariella (Mariella) gresslyi Pictet and Campiche 1861
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Invalid names: Turrilites cantabrigiensis Jukes-Browne 1877 [synonym]
†Mariella (Mariella) miliaris Pictet and Campiche 1861
†Mariella (Mariella) nobilis Jukes-Browne 1877
†Mariella (Mariella) oehlerti Pervinquiere 1910
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Invalid names: Mariella malgachensis Breistroffer 1940 [synonym]
†Mariella (Mariella) thomsoni Henderson 1973
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Invalid names: Wintonia graysonensis Adkins 1928 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mariella (Wintonia) Adkins 1928 [replaced]
†Mariella bicarinata Kner 1852
†Mariella cenomanensis Schluter 1876
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Invalid names: Turrilites polytuberculatus Terekhova and Mikhailova 1977 [synonym]
†Mariella dorsetensis Spath 1926
†Mariella lewesiensis Spath 1926
†Mariella wysogorskii Lasswitz 1904
G. †Mesoturrilites Breistroffer 1953
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†Mesoturrilites corrugatus Wright and Kennedy 1996
G. †Neostlingoceras Klinger and Kennedy 1978
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Invalid names: Turrilites alpinus d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Neostlingoceras kottlowski Cobban and Hook 1981
†Neostlingoceras morrisi Sharpe 1857
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Invalid names: Hypoturrilites dubourdieui Collignon 1964 [synonym], Hypoturrilites oberlini Dubourdieu 1953 [synonym]
G. †Notostreptites Henderson 1990
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†Notostreptites exilis Henderson 1990
G. †Pseudhelicoceras Spath 1922
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†Pseudhelicoceras carlottense Whiteaves 1884
†Pseudhelicoceras gracile Henderson 1990
†Pseudhelicoceras petersoni Anderson 1958
†Pseudhelicoceras robertianum d'Orbigny 1842
Invalid names: Hemiturrilites Breistroffer 1953 [synonym], Parahelicoceras Breistroffer 1953 [synonym], Subhelicoceras Breistroffer 1953 [synonym]
G. †Pseudohelicoceras Spath 1922
G. †Turrilites Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Turrilites (Carthaginites) Pervinquière 1907
Subg. †Turrilites (Euturrilites) Breistroffer 1953
Subg. †Turrilites (Turrilites) Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Turrilites (Turrilites) dilleri Murphy and Rodda 1960 [synonym], Turrilites dearingi Stephenson 1952 [synonym], Turrilites tevesthensis Coquand 1862 [synonym], Turrilites wiestii Sharpe 1857 [synonym]
†Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Turrilites pachecoensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Turrilites triplicatus Sowerby 1850 [synonym]
†Turrilites giganteus de Haan 1825
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Invalid names: Turrilites desnoyersi d'Orbigny 1842 [synonym], Turrilites undulata Sowerby 1814 [synonym]
†Turrilites tuberculata Sowerby 1814
Subfm. †Turrilitinae Meek 1876
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G. †Paraturrilites Breistroffer 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 112.03000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (361 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Azerbaijan Turrilites bergeri (209385)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Mariella sp., Pseudhelicoceras carlottense (87478) Pseudhelicoceras carlottense (87477) Pseudhelicoceras sp. (87488 87490) Pseudohelicoceras sp. (87664)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Ostlingoceras puzosi, Paraturrilites dubourdieui (98264) Turrilites mayori (98248 98249)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Idiohamites dorsetensis (86497)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica Mariella sp. (83554)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Turrilites brazoensis (88635) Turrilites sp. (88633 88636)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Turrilites elegans, Turrilites escherianus, Turrilites taeniatus, Turrilites bergeri, Turrilites puzosianus, Turrilites gresslyi (2237)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Colombia Mariella sp. (67357 67358 67359 67360 67382)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France Mariella bergeri, Mariella miliaris (13499)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France Mariella cantabrigensis, Mariella sp., Pseudhelicoceras sp., Ostlingoceras puzosianum (58861)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Turrilites costatus (78588 78591 78593)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Northern Territory) Turrilites costatus, Hypoturrilites gravesianus (13944 13946)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mozambique Turrilites costatus (174799)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation Turrilites costatus (169544 169545)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Turrilites acutus (69527) Turrilites costatus (69628) Turrilites costatus, Turrilites scheuchzerianus (69627)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Kazakhstan Turrilites acutus (186750 186751) Turrilites costatus (186754) Turrilites costatus, Turrilites scheuchzerianus (186752) Turrilites scheuchzerianus (186762)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Turrilites costatus (172073)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Mariella sp. (58120)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Turrilites saudersorum (7517) Turrilites sp. (7531 7541)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Turrilites peruviana (4147) Turrilites sp. (4151 4165)