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Dimorphotoceras caurinum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tibetitidae

Taxonomy
Pterotoceras caurinum was named by McLearn (1939). Its type specimen is GSC 9412 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dimorphotoceras caurinum by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Pterotoceras caurinum McLearn p. 56 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1994Dimorphotoceras caurinum Tozer p. 185 figs. Pl 126, figs 2,4; text-figs 101a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyTibetitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyTibetitinaeHyatt 1900
genusDimorphotoceras
speciescaurinum(McLearn 1939)

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.

Dimorphotoceras caurinum McLearn 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height213.310.916.313.63.82
shell diameter232.628.038.033.07.07
shell inflation28.598.109.108.600.707

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: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) Dimorphotoceras caurinum (type locality: 137047 137986 139118 141669)