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Discophyllites ebneri

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras (Mojsvarites) ebneri was named by Mojsisovics (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lauka, Daonella beds, which is in a Carnian carbonate limestone in India.

It was recombined as Discophyllites ebneri by Spath (1934), Tozer (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. tamyrensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Phylloceras (Mojsvarites) ebneri Mojsisovics p. 668 figs. Pl 19, fig 6
1896Phylloceras (Mojsvarites) ebneri von Mojsisovics
1934Discophyllites ebneri Spath
1994Discophyllites ebneri Tozer p. 271 figs. Pl 111, figs 1a,b; text-fig 89a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyDiscophyllitidaeSpath 1927
genusDiscophyllitesHyatt 1900
speciesebneri(Mojsisovics 1896)

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.

†Discophyllites ebneri Mojsisovics 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter150.8

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Lacian or 237.00000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaihikuan238.0 - 227.5USA (Nevada) Discophyllites ebneri (174390)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Indonesia Discophyllites ebneri (215239)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3India Phylloceras ebneri (210922)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3New Zealand Discophyllites ebneri (201932 201939)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Nepal (Byans) Discophyllites ebneri (214671)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Indonesia Discophyllites ebneri (205162 205164)
Tuvalian - Lacian233.6 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) Discophyllites ebneri (137173)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) Discophyllites ebneri (138592)