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Tirolites ussuriensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tirolitidae

Taxonomy
Tirolites ussuriensis was named by Buriy and Zharnikova (1981). Its type specimen is CGM 14/10195, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chernyshev Bay, Russkiy Island (beds with Tirolites ussuriensis), which is in a Spathian marine horizon in the Schmidt Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Tirolites ussuriensis Buriy and Zharnikova p. 65 figs. Pl 7, fig 3
2017Tirolites ussuriensis Shigeta and Nakajima p. 39 figs. 2A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyTirolitidae()
genusTirolitesMojsisovics 1879
speciesussuriensis

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.

Tirolites ussuriensis Buriy and Zharnikova 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Spathian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation (Primorye) Tirolites ussuriensis (47287)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan Tirolites ussuriensis (183854)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Tirolites ussuriensis (type locality: 191388)