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Discoceras

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Discoceras Barrande
1958Discoceras Sweet
1964Discoceras Teichert et al. p. 360
1981Discoceras Crick p. 228
1983Discoceras Stait
1984Discoceras Dzik
2013Discoceras Kröger
2017Discoceras Kröger and Aubrechtova
2019Discoceras Kröger and Aubrechtová

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyTrocholitidaeChapman 1857
genusDiscocerasBarrande 1867

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. †Discoceras Barrande 1867
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†Discoceras amtjaernense Kröger and Aubrechtová 2019
†Discoceras angulatum Saemann 1852
†Discoceras antiquissima Eichwald 1842
†Discoceras antiquissimus Roemer 1861
†Discoceras arctuatum Lossen 1860
†Discoceras depressum Sweet 1958
†Discoceras fleischeri Sweet 1958
†Discoceras hyatti Strand 1934
†Discoceras idaense Teichert and Glenister 1962
†Discoceras ievesense Balaschov 1953
†Discoceras nilssoni Kröger and Aubrechtová 2019
†Discoceras rarospira Eichwald 1860
†Discoceras roemeri Strand 1934
†Discoceras saemanni Hyatt 1894
†Discoceras siljanense Kröger et al. 2011
†Discoceras tubulatum Hyatt 1894
†Discoceras vasalemmense Balaschov 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Hirnantian or 486.85000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (88918)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (QingHai) D. sp. (8684 23599)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) D. sp. (24165)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0Malaysia (Palau Lankawi Island) D. chyrsanthimum, D. laeviventrum (56163)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Russian Federation D. sp. (235847)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (GanSu) D. sp. (8554 20765)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Norway D. arctuatum (164059)
Aseri - Uhaku464.3 - 458.0Norway (Oslo) D. depressum (164148)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Norway D. sp. (2950)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Norway D. sp. (3250)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (QingHai) D. sp. (8682)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (GanSu) D. sp. (8578)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (XinJiang) D. sp. (20809)
Llandeilo - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5China (Gansu) D. sp. (20762)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Sweden D. sp. (2767)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (Tasmania) D. sp. (2691)
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2China (Guizhou) D. sp. (7337)
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2Norway (Hamar -Nes) D. ievesense (162624)
Harnagian - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0China (Sichuan) D. sp. (7645)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0China (Guizhou) D. sp. (5140)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) D. sp. (8533)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway D. sp. (2947)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (JiangXi) D. sp. (7750)
Harnagian - Actonian458.2 - 453.0China (Sichuan) D. sp. (7656)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Kazakhstan D. kazakhstanensis (80224)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (XinJiang) D. sp. (20792 20801 20802)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (QingHai) D. sp. (23595)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Estonia D. sp. (24175)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (Hunan and Hubei) D. sp. (7715)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (ShanXi) D. sp. (7884 7918)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Shaanxi) D. sp. (8539)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hubei) D. sp. (4690)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Vasalemma) D. rarospira, D. vasalemmense (188677) D. vasalemmense (188570)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Harju) D. sp., D. rarospira, D. vasalemmense (169041) D. sp., D. vasalemmense (87273) D. vasalemmense (188679 188682)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Oslo-Asker) D. ievesense (164154)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Asker) D. rarospira (164157)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) D. amtjaernense (73411 73855) D. nilssoni (161744)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Oslo Asker) D. ievesense (164156)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway D. ievesense (164155)
Onnian - Pusgillian453.0 - 449.2Norway (Hadeland) D. fleischeri (164150)
Oandu - Nabala452.8 - 449.9Norway (Langesund - Gjerpen) D. fleischeri (164149)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarne) D. roemeri (157537)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) D. antiquissimum, D. roemeri (124939)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) D. canadense (26340)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia D. antiquissima (167759)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) D. antiquissimum (167755)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) D. canadense, D. sp. (24124) D. sp. (24186)
Pusgillian - Cautleyan449.5 - 448.8Norway (Asker) D. roemeri (163351)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo Asker) D. antiquissimum (164210 164211)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway D. antiquissimum (164212)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) D. antiquissimum (162233 162234 163350 164195 164196)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Asker) D. roemeri (164214)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) D. hyatti (164213)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) D. roemeri (163026)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Langesund-Skien) D. antiquissimum, D. roemeri, D. angulatum, D. hyatti, D. saemanni, D. tubulatum (159336)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) D. roemeri (73466)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1Norway (Hadeland) D. saemanni (163021)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarna) D. siljanense (101023)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) D. sp. (438)