Tornoceras
Appearance
Tornoceras Temporal range: Middle Devonian - late Devonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Family: | †Tornoceratidae |
Subfamily: | †Tornoceratinae |
Genus: | †Tornoceras Hyatt, 1884 |
Species | |
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Tornoceras is a strongly involute, subdiscoidal Middle and Upper Devonian goniatite with a suture that forms six to ten lobes.[1]
Aulatornoceras, Protornoceras, Epitornoceras, Lobotornoceras are among related genera included in the Tornoceratidae. Inclusion however varies from classification to classification.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ a b Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- ^ Goniat- Tornoceratidae
- ^ The Paleobiology Database Tornoceratidae