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Discoceratites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Discoceratites was named by Schrammen (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Ceratites intermedius.

It was assigned to Ceratitidae by Spath (1934); to Ceratitinae by Tozer (1981); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. dorsoplanus, D. intermedius, D. semipartitus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Ceratites levalloisi, Ceratites weyeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Discoceratites Schrammen
1934Discoceratites Spath
1981Discoceratites Tozer p. 93
2002Discoceratites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyCeratitinaeMojsisovics 1879
genusDiscoceratitesSchrammen 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. †Discoceratites Schrammen 1928
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†Discoceratites dorsoplanus Philippi 1901
†Discoceratites intermedius Philippi 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Ladinian or 243.33000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany D. dorsoplanus (215778 215779) D. dorsoplanus, D. semipartitus (215631) D. intermedius (215777) D. semipartitus (215780)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Hessen) D. intermedius, D. dorsoplanus (215632)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ceratites semipartitus (206384)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Israel Ceratites semipartitus (63948)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany Ceratites semipartitus, Ceratites dorsoplanus (46363)