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Didymoceras tricostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras tricostatus was named by Whitfield (1897). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Didymoceras tricostatus by Kennedy et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Ancyloceras tricostatus Whitfield p. 43 figs. pl. 15, figs. 7, 8
2000Didymoceras tricostatus Kennedy et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusDidymocerasHyatt 1900
speciestricostatus(Whitfield 1897)

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.

Didymoceras tricostatus Whitfield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available