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Discamphiceras silberlingi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Discamphiceras silberlingi was named by Guex (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Level Z-69, Reno Draw section 1, which is in a Liasicus marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. calcimontanum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Discamphiceras silberlingi Guex p. 132 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
1995Discamphiceras silberlingi Guex p. 28 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,5,8,9; pl 11, figs 1,2,5,6,9-12; pl 12, figs 4,7,8; pl 14, figs 1,2,7-14; pl 15, figs 5
2000Discamphiceras silberlingi Hall et al. p. 1375
2008Discamphiceras silberlingi Longridge et al.
2008Discamphiceras silberlingi Longridge et al. p. 382 figs. Pl 2, figs 17,18,20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPsiloceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyDiscamphiceratinaeGuex and Rakus 1991
genusDiscamphiceras
speciessilberlingiGuex 1980

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 height289.976.3018.19.752.96
shell diameter2826.916.369.025.310.8
shell inflation289.175.2025.09.104.15

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: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Oregon) Discamphiceras silberlingi (201166 201167)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) Discamphiceras silberlingi (157360 157363 157385 157391)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) Discamphiceras silberlingi (53363)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) Discamphiceras silberlingi (84734 84772 84916 84917 84918 84919 84921 84923 84925 84926 84928 84954 84962 84964 84967 84973 84975 84979 84980)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5USA (Alaska) Discamphiceras silberlingi (68645 68685 68693)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) Discamphiceras silberlingi (188609 188618 188620 type locality: 188623 188625)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (Alberta) Discamphiceras silberlingi (197630)