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Diestoceras shideleri

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Diestoceras shideleri was named by Foerste (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. macgilvrayoceras, D. reversum, D. schucherti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Diestoceras shideleri Foerste p. 266

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyDiestoceratidaeFoerste 1926
genusDiestocerasFoerste 1924
speciesshideleriFoerste 1924

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.

†Diestoceras shideleri Foerste 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Diestoceras shideleri (88125 88126)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Diestoceras shideleri (87931 87932)