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Diestoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Diestoceratidae Foerste
1958Diestoceratidae Sweet
1964Diestoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 293
1981Diestoceratidae Crick p. 229
2011Diestoceratidae Kröger et al. p. P90
2019Diestoceratidae Kröger and Aubrechtová

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

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. †Diestoceratidae Foerste 1926
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G. †Danoceras Troedsson 1926
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†Danoceras breve Strand 1934
†Danoceras broggeri Strand 1934
†Danoceras inutile Flower 1952
†Danoceras ravni Troedsson 1926
†Danoceras scandinavicum Strand 1934
†Danoceras skalbergensis Kröger and Aubrechtová 2019
Invalid names: Hyperoceras Foerste 1928 [synonym]
G. †Diestoceras Foerste 1924
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†Diestoceras acuminatum Strand 1934
†Diestoceras anticostiense Foerste 1928
†Diestoceras breviconum Portlock 1843
†Diestoceras carletonense Twenhofel 1928
†Diestoceras eos Hall and Whitfield 1875
†Diestoceras inaequiseptum Portlock 1843
†Diestoceras indianense Miller and Faber 1894
†Diestoceras isotelorum Strand 1934
†Diestoceras lamonti Teichert 1940
†Diestoceras lavalense Flower 1952
†Diestoceras scoticum Teichert 1940
†Diestoceras shideleri Foerste 1924
†Diestoceras sinclairi Flower 1952
†Diestoceras stensioei Troedsson 1926
†Diestoceras stormeri Strand 1934
†Diestoceras sycon Flower 1952
G. †Dowlingoceras Foerste 1928
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†Dowlingoceras gracile Whiteaves 1892
†Dowlingoceras piersalense Teichert 1930
G. †Lyckholmoceras Teichert 1930
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†Lyckholmoceras estoniae Teichert 1930
†Lyckholmoceras norvegiae Strand 1934
G. †Suttonoceras Miller and Youngquist 1947
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†Suttonoceras rossorum Miller and Youngquist 1947
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: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Aeronian or 485.40000 to 438.50000 Ma

Collections (99 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Nunavut) Suttonoceras rossorum (88918)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Mantiboa) Diestoceras sp. (24163)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Diestoceras sp. (24164)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Diestoceras sp. (24221) Dowlingoceras sp. (24222)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Manitoba) Diestoceras sp. (24165)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.4 - 455.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Dowlingoceras sp., Poterioceras approximatum (13840)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway Diestoceras sp. (2948)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (South Dakota) Diestoceras sp. (24168)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Wyoming) Diestoceras sp. (24167)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Quebec) Diestoceras sp. (24172 24173 24174)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Estonia Diestoceras sp. (24175)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Danoceras inutile (89081)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Diestoceras sycon (89113)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Diestoceras lavalense (89110) Diestoceras sinclairi (89112)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Diestoceras alceum (23689 23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Diestoceras alceum (23752) Diestoceras alceum, Diestoceras sp. (23756 23757 23758) Diestoceras sp. (23753)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Diestoceras alceum, Diestoceras sp. (23691)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Diestoceras approximatum (89153)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Diestoceras clarkei (23770 23771 23773 23775 23776 23777)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Diestoceras clarkei (23711 23717)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Diestoceras schucherti (26955) Diestoceras schucherti, Diestoceras sp. (26948)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Diestoceras schucherti (24115)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Sweden (Dalarne) Danoceras skalbergensis (73412)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Diestoceras milleri (24116)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Danoceras broeggeri, Diestoceras parallelum, Dowlingoceras kallholnense, Danoceras scandinavicum (124939)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway (Ringerike) Diestoceras sp. (162221)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Diestoceras clarkei (23778)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Diestoceras nobile, Diestoceras apertum, Dowlingoceras gracile (26340)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Diestoceras sp. (385)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Diestoceras apertum (26341) Diestoceras nobile (26342)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Diestoceras sp. (388)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Diestoceras sp. (34813)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) Diestoceras sp. (24166)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway (Oslo Asker) Danoceras sp. (164206)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway Diestoceras sp. (164227)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia Diestoceras stensioei (167759)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Dowlingoceras piersalense, Diestoceras stensioei (164229) Lyckholmoceras estoniae (167755)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Oru) Diestoceras stensioei (167757)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Diestoceras sp. 1, Diestoceras sp. 2, Orthoceras breviconum, Diestoceras breviconum, Phragmoceras inaequiseptum (89260)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Diestoceras schucherti (24124) Diestoceras sp. (360 169387)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Hyperoceras twenhofeli, Diestoceras carletonense (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Diestoceras eos (87959) Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras shideleri (87932) Diestoceras shideleri (87931) Diestoceras waynesvillense (87928)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Diestoceras eos (372 88099 88100) Diestoceras indianense (88101 88127) Diestoceras shideleri (88125 88126) Diestoceras sp. (395)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Gomphoceras indianense (37833)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Diestoceras sp. (392 393 394)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Diestoceras gaspense, Diestoceras cooperi, Diestoceras brevidomum, Diestoceras subglobosum (37469)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway Danoceras broggeri (164226) Diestoceras acuminatum (159517)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Asker) Lyckholmoceras norvegiae (164204)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo Asker) Danoceras scandinavicum (164224)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) Danoceras broggeri, Diestoceras isotelorum (164225)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Danoceras breve, Diestoceras stormeri (162234) Diestoceras sp., Diestoceras stormeri (162233)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Danoceras sp., Lyckholmoceras norvegiae, Lyckholmoceras constrictum (163026)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) Diestoceras cyrtocerinoides, Diestoceras pupa, Diestoceras reversum, Diestoceras vasiforme, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras eos (5323) Diestoceras reversum, Diestoceras shiderleri, Diestoceras vasiforme, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras eos (5325)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Diestoceras sp. (54135)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana, Ohio) Diestoceras sp. (24171)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) Danoceras scandinavicum (73407)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Diestoceras sp. (24162)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (Shaanxi) Lyckholmoceras sp. (8537)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Diestoceras lamonti, Diestoceras scoticum (189028)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway Danoceras sp. (163339)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarna) Danoceras scandinavicum (101023)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Diestoceras anticostiense (158608) Diestoceras carletonense (158604) Diestoceras macgilvrayoceras (160006)