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Diestoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Diestoceras Foerste
1934Diestoceras Strand
1946Diestoceras Flower p. 494
1952Diestoceras Flower p. 54
1958Diestoceras Sweet
1964Diestoceras Teichert et al. p. 293
1981Diestoceras Crick p. 229
1995Diestoceras Frey
2002Diestoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyDiestoceratidaeFoerste 1926
genusDiestocerasFoerste 1924

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. †Diestoceras Foerste 1924
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†Diestoceras acuminatum Strand 1934
†Diestoceras anticostiense Foerste 1928
†Diestoceras breviconum Portlock 1843
†Diestoceras carletonense Twenhofel 1928
†Diestoceras eos Hall and Whitfield 1875
†Diestoceras inaequiseptum Portlock 1843
†Diestoceras indianense Miller and Faber 1894
†Diestoceras isotelorum Strand 1934
†Diestoceras lamonti Teichert 1940
†Diestoceras lavalense Flower 1952
†Diestoceras scoticum Teichert 1940
†Diestoceras shideleri Foerste 1924
†Diestoceras sinclairi Flower 1952
†Diestoceras stensioei Troedsson 1926
†Diestoceras stormeri Strand 1934
†Diestoceras sycon Flower 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Mohawkian to the top of the Aeronian or 457.30000 to 438.60000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Saskatchewan) D. sp. (24164)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) D. sp. (24165)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (24221)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Mantiboa) D. sp. (24163)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Poterioceras approximatum (13840)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway D. sp. (2948)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) D. sp. (24172 24173 24174)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Estonia D. sp. (24175)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (24167)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (South Dakota) D. sp. (24168)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) D. sycon (89113)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) D. lavalense (89110) D. sinclairi (89112)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) D. alceum (23752) D. alceum, D. sp. (23756 23757 23758) D. sp. (23753)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. alceum (23689 23690)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. alceum, D. sp. (23691)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) D. approximatum (89153)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. clarkei (23711 23717)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) D. clarkei (23770 23771 23773 23775 23776 23777)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) D. schucherti (26955) D. schucherti, D. sp. (26948)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) D. schucherti (24115)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) D. milleri (24116)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) D. parallelum (124939)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway (Ringerike) D. sp. (162221)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) D. sp. (385)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) D. clarkei (23778)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) D. nobile, D. apertum (26340)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) D. apertum (26341) D. nobile (26342)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) D. sp. (34813)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) D. sp. (388)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) D. sp. (24166)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway D. sp. (164227)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia D. stensioei (167759)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) D. stensioei (164229)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Oru) D. stensioei (167757)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) D. schucherti (24124) D. sp. (360 169387)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) D. carletonense (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) D. eos (372 88099 88100) D. indianense (88101 88127) D. shideleri (88125 88126) D. sp. (395)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Gomphoceras indianense (37833)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) D. eos (87959) D. indianense, D. shideleri (87932) D. shideleri (87931) D. waynesvillense (87928)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2, Orthoceras breviconum, D. breviconum, Phragmoceras inaequiseptum (89260)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) D. sp. (392 393 394)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) D. gaspense, D. cooperi, D. brevidomum, D. subglobosum (37469)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) D. sp., D. stormeri (162233) D. stormeri (162234)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) D. isotelorum (164225)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway D. acuminatum (159517)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) D. sp. (54135)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana) D. cyrtocerinoides, D. pupa, D. reversum, D. vasiforme, D. indianense, D. eos (5323) D. reversum, D. shiderleri, D. vasiforme, D. indianense, D. eos (5325)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana, Ohio) D. sp. (24171)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) D. sp. (24162)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) D. lamonti, D. scoticum (189028)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) D. anticostiense (158608) D. carletonense (158604) D. macgilvrayoceras (160006)