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Dirrymoceras simplex

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras simplex was named by d'Orbigny (1842). Its type specimen is MNHN R04338, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Dirrymoceras.

It was recombined as Crioceras simplex by Douvillé (1916); it was recombined as Dirrymoceras simplex by Hyatt (1900), Arkell et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ancyloceras simplex d'Orbigny p. 503 figs. Pl. 125, Fig. 5-8
1842Ancyloceras simplex d'Orbigny p. 503 figs. Pl. 125, Fig. 5-8
1900Dirrymoceras simplex Hyatt p. 586
1916Crioceras simplex Douvillé p. 114 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 5
1957Dirrymoceras simplex Arkell et al. p. L211

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusDirrymoceras
speciessimplex()

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.

Dirrymoceras simplex d'Orbigny 1842
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt Crioceras simplex (171269)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt Crioceras simplex (171270)