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Dowlingoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Dowlingoceras was named by Foerste (1928). Its type is Dowlingoceras gracile.

It was assigned to Diestoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981); and to Oncoceratida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. gracile (type species), D. piersalense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Dowlingoceras Foerste p. 43
1964Dowlingoceras Teichert et al. p. 295
1981Dowlingoceras Crick p. 229
2002Dowlingoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyDiestoceratidaeFoerste 1926
genusDowlingocerasFoerste 1928

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. †Dowlingoceras Foerste 1928
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Dowlingoceras gracile Whiteaves 1892
Dowlingoceras piersalense Teichert 1930
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Pirgu or 458.20000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (24222)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) D. sp. (13840)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) D. kallholnense (124939)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) D. gracile (26340)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) D. piersalense (164229)