Tropaeum
Genus of molluscs (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the ancient Greek or Roman victory monument, see Tropaion. For the city in Scythia Minor, see Civitas Tropaensium.
Tropaeum is an extinct genus of ammonites found throughout the oceans of the world during the Early Cretaceous. As with many other members of the family Ancyloceratidae, there was a trend among species within this genus to uncoil somewhat, in a very similar manner to the genus Lytoceras. The largest species, T. imperator of Australia, had a shell a little over one meter in diameter.
Quick Facts Tropaeum Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Scientific classification ...
Tropaeum Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Tropaeum imperator | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
Family: | †Ancyloceratidae |
Genus: | †Tropaeum Sowerby, 1837 |
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The name "Tropaeum" was applied by paleontologist James De Carle Sowerby, in 1837.