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Didymoceras stevensoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Helicoceras stevensoni was named by Whitfield (1877). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Didymoceras stevensoni by Cobban (1970), Kennedy and Bilotte (1995), Kennedy and Cobban (1997), Kennedy et al. (2000) and Sealey and Lucas (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Helicoceras stevensoni Whitfield p. 39
1970Didymoceras stevensoni Cobban p. D72 figs. 1a-f,l,m, 2
1995Didymoceras stevensoni Kennedy and Bilotte p. 366
1997Didymoceras stevensoni Kennedy and Cobban p. 69 figs. 5.6-5.8, 5.13-5.15, 5.18, 5.19, 8.4-8.11
2000Didymoceras stevensoni Kennedy et al. p. 20
2019Didymoceras stevensoni Sealey and Lucas p. 184 figs. 118F-H,L-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusDidymocerasHyatt 1900
speciesstevensoni(Whitfield 1877)

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.

Didymoceras stevensoni Whitfield 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Didymoceras stevensoni (88465 213163 213164 213171)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Didymoceras stevensoni (1645 88441)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Didymoceras stevensoni (183120)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Didymoceras stevensoni (82889)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Didymoceras stevensoni (88467 88468 88471)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Didymoceras stevensoni (35049)