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Domatoceras gigas
Taxonomy
Discites gigas was named by Tzvetaev (1898). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Serpukhov area, which is in an Asbian/Brigantian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
It was recombined as Domatoceras gigas by Shimanskiy (1967).
It was recombined as Domatoceras gigas by Shimanskiy (1967).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Discites gigas Tzvetaev p. 25 figs. Pl 6, fig 20 |
| 1967 | Domatoceras gigas Shimanskiy p. 183 fig. 20 |
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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.
†Domatoceras gigas Tzvetaev 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 205.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 540.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 194.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Brigantian or 339.90000 to 330.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Asbian - Brigantian | Russian Federation | Discites gigas (166356) Domatoceras gigas (166485) |