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Deiroceras

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae

Taxonomy
Deiroceras was named by Hyatt (1884). Its type is Orthoceras python.

It was assigned to Actinocerida by Flower (1957) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Ormoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981), Frey (1995) and Kröger (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Deiroceras Hyatt
1957Deiroceras Flower
1964Deiroceras Teichert et al. p. 212
1981Deiroceras Crick p. 227
1995Deiroceras Frey p. P36
2002Deiroceras Sepkoski
2008Deiroceras Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyOrmoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusDeirocerasHyatt 1884

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. †Deiroceras Hyatt 1884
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†Deiroceras curdsvillense Foerste and Teichert 1930
†Deiroceras hollardi Kröger 2008
†Deiroceras python Billings 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Pragian or 467.30000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Tibet) D. globosom (233263)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. scofieldi (23689 23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) D. scofieldi (23752 23753 23756 23757)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. scofieldi (23691)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) D. curdsvillense (87823)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (26937)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) D. python (26342)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) D. shideleri (23786 23787)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco D. hollardi (208258 208259 208261)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Morocco D. hollardi (91747)