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Delphiceras cataphractum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Gephyroceras cataphractum was named by Clarke (1898). Its type specimen is NYSM 3643, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Delphiceras cataphractum by Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Gephyroceras cataphractum Clarke p. 87 figs. Pl 6, figs 3-9; text-figs 66-67
2002Delphiceras cataphractum Korn and Klug p. 107
2008Delphiceras cataphractum House and Kirchgasser p. 141 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-9; text-fig 41G

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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
speciescataphractum(Clarke 1898)

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.

Delphiceras cataphractum Clarke 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (New York) Delphiceras cataphractum (136746 136749)