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Spyroceras damesi

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Orthoceras damesii was named by Krause (1877). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MB C.862 (lectotype), a shell. Its type locality is Erratic block from the Vistula River, Bydgoszcz, which is in a Pridoli shallow subtidal limestone in the Beyrichienkalk Formation of Poland.

It was recombined as Spyroceras damesi by Dzik and Kiselev (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Orthoceras damesii Krause p. 25 figs. 11a, b Pl. 11
1995Spyroceras damesi Dzik and Kiselev p. 67 figs. 4, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderPseudorthocerida
familySpyroceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusSpyrocerasHyatt 1884
speciesdamesi(Krause 1877)

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.

Spyroceras damesi Krause 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pridoli or 422.70000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland Spyroceras damesi (89485)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Germany (Brandenburg) Spyroceras damesi (89483)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Spyroceras damesi (89482)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland (Kuyavia-Pomerania) Orthoceras damesii (type locality: 89481)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland (West Pomerania) Spyroceras damesi (89484)