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Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Otoitidae

Taxonomy
Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense was named by Westermann (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 160249, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21251, Wide Bay, which is in a Bajocian marine shale in the Kialagvik Formation of Alaska. It is the type species of Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense Westermann p. 137 figs. Pls 34-37; text-figs 45-49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyOtoitidaeMascke 1907
genusDocidocerasBuckman 1919
subgenusPseudocidoceras
specieswidebayense

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2919.010.926.019.13.78
shell diameter2962.536.095.066.018.1
shell inflation2924.912.142.827.79.76

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: Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Docidoceras widebayense (175614 175617 175620 type locality: 175622 175648 175650 175658 175660 175663 175667 175668 175674 175675 175676 175679)
Discites170.9 - 168.2USA (Alaska) Docidoceras widebayense (175615 175646)
Laeviuscula170.9 - 168.2USA (Alaska) Docidoceras widebayense (175621)