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Digonioceras praecox

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Digonioceras praecox was named by Rulleau (2008). Its type specimen is PF Toa 607, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belmont d’Azergues (Lafarge quarry), Upper Toarcian, which is in a Toarcian marine marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Digonioceras praecox Rulleau p. 64 figs. Pl 26, figs 1,2; pl 27, figs 1,3; pl 28, figs 1-3; text-figs 9/5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusDigoniocerasHyatt 1894
speciespraecox

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.

Digonioceras praecox Rulleau 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height353.249.057.054.04.04
shell diameter398.594.0107.095.07.23
shell inflation315.111.018.017.53.91

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France Digonioceras praecox (167455 167456)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France (Rhone) Digonioceras praecox (type locality: 140483)