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Dictyoceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida

Taxonomy
Dictyoceras was named by Eichwald (1860) [Lattice shell multi-segmented, divided into 3 or more irregular, successive, segments, by 2 or more annular constrictions, with lattice (not simple) appendages located on the second segment, and without appendages at the aperture that is simple, wide and not latticed. (In German. Translated by J.P.C.)]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Orthocerida by Teichert et al. (1964) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Dictyoceras Eichwald p. 333
1964Dictyoceras Teichert et al. p. 259
2002Dictyoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
genusDictyocerasEichwald 1860

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. Dictyoceras Eichwald 1860
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
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