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Deltoceras

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae

Taxonomy

Species
D. capax, D. planum (type species), D. vaningeni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Deltoceras Hyatt p. 449
1942Deltoceras Ulrich et al.
1981Deltoceras Crick p. 229
2011Deltoceras Evans p. 449

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyEstonioceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusDeltoceras

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. †Deltoceras Hyatt 1894
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Deltoceras capax Ulrich et al. 1942
Deltoceras planum Hyatt 1894
Deltoceras vaningeni Ruedemann 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Chazy or 485.40000 to 457.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean - Blackhillsian485.4 - 471.8United Kingdom (Scotland) D. sp. (188717)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 468.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) D. planum (98438)
Chazy466.0 - 457.5USA (New York) D. vaningeri (42809 42811)