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Discostyrites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropiceltitidae

Taxonomy
Discostyrites was named by Tozer (1994). Its type is Styrites ireneanus.

It was assigned to Tropiceltitidae by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Discostyrites Tozer p. 228

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

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.

G. †Discostyrites Tozer 1994
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Discostyrites altus Mojsisovics 1893
Discostyrites disciformis Gemmellaro 1904
Discostyrites ireneanus McLearn 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height415.414.916.015.40.778
shell diameter426.620.034.027.46.45
shell inflation44.684.305.104.700.566

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Lacian or 221.50000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) D. ireneanus (46610 137024 137026 137970 141694)