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Dipoloceras (Rhytidoceras) elegans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Rhytidoceras elegans was named by van Hoepen (1931). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prohysteroceras elegans by Förster (1975); it was recombined as Dipoloceras (Rhytidoceras) elegans by Bulot et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Rhytidoceras elegans van Hoepen figs. fig. 5
1931Drepanoceras rudis van Hoepen p. 47 fig. 10
1941Drepanoceras undatum van Hoepen p. 67 figs. Pl 9, 10, figs 19-20
1951Dipoloceras (Rhytidoceras) trifurcatum Collignon p. 27 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-4; text-figs 10,11
1975Prohysteroceras elegans Förster p. 241 figs. Pl 15, fig 7
2005Dipoloceras (Rhytidoceras) elegans Bulot et al. p. 454

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusDipoloceras
subgenusRhytidoceras
specieselegans(van Hoepen 1931)

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.

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Invalid names: Dipoloceras (Rhytidoceras) trifurcatum Collignon 1951 [synonym], Drepanoceras rudis van Hoepen 1931 [synonym], Drepanoceras undatum van Hoepen 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height231.620.050.035.021.2
shell diameter286.947.2160.0103.679.8
shell inflation231.314.667.040.837.1

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Albian or 109.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Dipoloceras trifurcatum (98245) Rhytidoceras elegans, Rhytidoceras trifurcatum (98250)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Ecuador Dipoloceras elegans (88522)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Prohysteroceras elegans (174617)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar Dipoloceras trifurcatum (98251)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) Dipoloceras elegans (74299)