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Tropidoceras stahli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites stahli was named by Oppel (1856).

It was recombined as Cycloceras stahli by Fucini (1899); it was recombined as Acanthopleuroceras stahli by Thomson and Smith (1992); it was recombined as Tropidoceras stahli by Spath (1928), Meister (1986), Meister and Friebe (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ammonites stahli Oppel p. 288
1899Cycloceras stahli Fucini
1928Tropidoceras stahli Spath p. 230 figs. Pl 17, fig 1
1986Tropidoceras stahli Meister p. 45 fig. 43
1992Acanthopleuroceras stahli Thomson and Smith p. 18 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4
2003Tropidoceras stahli Meister and Friebe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusTropidocerasHyatt 1867
speciesstahli(Oppel 1856)

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.

†Tropidoceras stahli Oppel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.413.016.014.52.12
shell diameter245.842.050.046.05.66
shell inflation220.719.522.020.81.77

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Jamesoni to the top of the Ibex or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Tropidoceras stahli (218911)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Acanthopleuroceras stahli (53352 53879 55549)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Acanthopleuroceras stahli (53110 53283 55550)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2France Tropidoceras stahli (146490)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Acanthopleuroceras stahli (159147 159180)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Mendoza) Tropidoceras stahli (42773)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Tropidoceras stahli (204124)