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Didymites sphaeroides

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Didymitidae

Taxonomy
Didymites sphaeroides was named by von Mojsisovics (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Someraukogel, beds with Trachyceras bicrenatum, which is in an Alaunian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Didymites sphaeroides von Mojsisovics p. 153 figs. Pl 60, fig 10
1902Didymites sphaeroides von Mojsisovics p. 334

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyDidymitidaeHaug 1894
genusDidymites
speciessphaeroides

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.

Didymites sphaeroides von Mojsisovics 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Austria Didymites sphaeroides (type locality: 159885)