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Delphiceras unduloconstrictum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Manticoceras unduloconstrictum was named by Miller (1938). It is not extant. It is the type species of Delphiceras.

It was recombined as Delphiceras unduloconstrictum by Becker and House (2000), Korn and Klug (2002), House (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Manticoceras unduloconstrictum Miller
2000Delphiceras unduloconstrictum Becker and House
2002Delphiceras unduloconstrictum House p. 274 figs. Pl 1M,N
2002Delphiceras unduloconstrictum Korn and Klug p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusDelphicerasBecker and House 2000
speciesunduloconstrictum(Miller 1938)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height23.221.606.504.053.46
shell diameter210.28.0013.010.53.54
shell inflation23.973.504.504.000.707

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15United Kingdom (England) Delphiceras unduloconstrictum (135957)