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Didymitidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Didymitidae

Taxonomy
Didymitidae was named by Haug (1894).

It was assigned to Tropitoidea by von Mojsisovics (1896); and to Tropitaceae by Tozer (1981), Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Didymitidae Haug
1896Didymitidae von Mojsisovics
1981Didymitidae Tozer
1994Didymitidae Tozer p. 251

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyDidymitidaeHaug 1894
familyDidymitidaeHaug 1894

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.

Fm. †Didymitidae Haug 1894
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G. †Didymites von Mojsisovics 1875
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Didymites afghanicus von Mojsisovics 1896
Didymites globus Quenstedt 1845
Didymites quenstedti von Mojsisovics 1875
Didymites sphaeroides von Mojsisovics 1875
Didymites subglobus von Mojsisovics 1875
Didymites tectus von Mojsisovics 1875
G. †Neodidymites Tozer 1994
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G. †Paradidymites Diener 1916
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Paradidymites waageni Spath 1951
G. †Timorodidymites Diener 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Pakistan (Balochistan) Didymites afghanicus (210928)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Austria Didymites quenstedti, Didymites globus, Didymites subglobus, Didymites angustilobatus, Didymites sphaeroides (159885) Didymites tectus (159565)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Canada (British Columbia) Didymites quenstedti (137666 139138 139510 141662 141666 141702 141726) Neodidymites tatzreiteri (141733)