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Girtyoceras discus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites discus was named by Roemer (1852).

It was recombined as Girtyoceras discus by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Goniatites discus Roemer
1971Girtyoceras discus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
genusGirtyocerasWedekind 1918
speciesdiscus(Roemer 1852)

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.

Girtyoceras discus Roemer 1852
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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: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
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