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Donacoceras

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Narthecoceratidae

Taxonomy
Donacoceras was named by Foerste (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg S Wenl Sepkoski's reference number: 298,1066]. Its type is Donacoceras timiskamingense. It is the type genus of Donacoceratinae.

It was assigned to Orthocerida by Teichert et al. (1964); to Donacoceratinae by Zhuravleva (1994); to Endocerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Narthecoceratidae by Crick (1981), Holland and Copper (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Donacoceras Foerste p. 68
1964Donacoceras Teichert et al. p. 259
1981Donacoceras Crick p. 226
1994Donacoceras Zhuravleva p. 132
2002Donacoceras Sepkoski
2008Donacoceras Holland and Copper p. 1031

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderDissidoceridaZhuravleva 1964
superfamilyTroedssonellaceaeKobayashi 1935
familyNarthecoceratidaeFlower 1958
genusDonacoceras

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.

G. †Donacoceras Foerste 1925
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Donacoceras arundineum Foerste 1925
Donacoceras bellense Foerste 1925
Donacoceras percense Foerste 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Richmondian to the top of the Telychian or 449.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) D. percense (37469)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) D. bellense (159925 233159)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) D. arundineum, D. timiskamingense (233158)