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Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) camachoi

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Otoitidae

Taxonomy
Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) camachoi was named by Westermann (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 160256, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 19862, Wide Bay, which is in a Bajocian marine shale in the Kialagvik Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) camachoi Westermann p. 147 figs. Pls 38-42; text-figs 46-49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyOtoitidaeMascke 1907
genusDocidocerasBuckman 1919
subgenusPseudocidoceras
speciescamachoi

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 height1624.817.249.026.18.39
shell diameter1681.348.0200.088.038.1
shell inflation1634.516.394.040.919.4

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Docidoceras camachoi (175614 type locality: 175617 175622 175651 175669 175670 175677)
Discites170.9 - 168.2USA (Alaska) Docidoceras camachoi (175615 175619 175624)
Laeviuscula170.9 - 168.2USA (Alaska) Docidoceras camachoi (175621)