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Dictyocephalus
Taxonomy
Dictyocephalus was named by Ehrenberg (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr R Sepkoski's reference number: ZR80]. It is extant. Its type is Cornutella obtusa.
It was synonymized objectively with Dictyocryphalus by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).
It was assigned to Metoposauridae by Carroll (1988); to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Theoperidae by Liu and Aitchison (2002).
It was synonymized objectively with Dictyocryphalus by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).
It was assigned to Metoposauridae by Carroll (1988); to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Theoperidae by Liu and Aitchison (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Allen on 2024-03-21
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1860 | Dictyocephalus Ehrenberg |
| 1887 | Dictyocryphalus Haeckel |
| 1892 | Dictyocephalus ventricosus Rüst |
| 1961 | Dictyocryphalus Loeblich and Tappan |
| 1988 | Dictyocephalus Carroll |
| 2002 | Dictyocephalus Liu and Aitchison p. 148 |
| 2002 | Dictyocephalus Sepkoski |
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G. Dictyocephalus Ehrenberg 1860
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Dictyocephalus obtusus Ehrenberg 1844
Invalid names: Dictyocephalus ventricosus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Dictyocryphalus Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 192.90000 to 56.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 184.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 184.2 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pliensbachian | Japan | D. umenokiensis, D. chinzeii, D. kamikatsuensis, D. sp. (52057) | |
| Maastrichtian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | D. macrostoma (106433) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Tibet) | D. middouri (69734) |