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Turkmeniceras tumidum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae

Taxonomy
Turkmeniceras tumidum was named by Bogdanova (1971). Its type specimen is TsGM 5/10096, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area of the Gobekadzhi wells, Tuarkyr, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in Turkmenistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Turkmeniceras tumidum Bogdanova p. 342 figs. Pl 6, fig 5; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDeshayesitoidea(Stoyanow 1949)
familyDeshayesitidaeStoyanow 1949
genusTurkmenicerasTovbina 1963
speciestumidum

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.

Turkmeniceras tumidum Bogdanova 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height233.532.634.433.51.27
shell diameter281.680.782.681.71.34
shell inflation225.125.025.225.10.141

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: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Turkmeniceras tumidum (type locality: 69015 69050 69051 69052 69054)