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Discoclymenia cucullata

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites cucullatus was named by von Buch (1832). It is the type species of Discoclymenia.

It was recombined as Discoclymenia cucullata by Korn (1999), Korn and Klug (2002), Becker (2002) and Korn et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Goniatites cucullatus von Buch
1840Goniatites haueri Munster
1999Discoclymenia cucullata Korn figs. Pl 1, figs 7,8
2002Discoclymenia cucullata Becker p. 66
2002Discoclymenia haueri Becker p. 68 fig. 1I
2002Discoclymenia cucullata Korn and Klug p. 169
2016Discoclymenia cucullata Korn et al. p. 194 fig. 8,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornoceratoidea(Arthaber 1911)
familyPosttornoceratidaeBogoslovsky 1962
subfamilyDiscoclymeniinae
genusDiscoclymeniaHyatt 1884
speciescucullata(von Buch 1832)

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.

†Discoclymenia cucullata von Buch 1832
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Invalid names: Goniatites haueri Munster 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.8
shell diameter117.5
shell inflation10.001

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Italy Discoclymenia haueri (172609)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Discoclymenia cucullata (172525 181329 181340 181342 181349 181350 181351 181352 181353 181354)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) Discoclymenia cucullata (234932)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Morocco Discoclymenia cucullata (135651 135652 170731 170733 170833)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Poland Discoclymenia cucullata (181347 181348)