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Discoclymenia

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Discoclymenia was named by Hyatt (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302,457]. Its type is Goniatites cucullatus. It is the type genus of Discoclymeniinae.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Discoclymeniinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006) and Korn et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Goniatites lenticularis Richter p. 36 figs. Pl 5, figs 127,128
1862Goniatites hercynicus Gumbel
1884Discoclymenia Hyatt
1923Wedekindoceras Schindewolf
2002Discoclymenia Korn and Klug p. 169
2002Discoclymenia Sepkoski
2006Discoclymenia Korn
2016Discoclymenia Korn et al. p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornoceratoidea(Arthaber 1911)
familyPosttornoceratidaeBogoslovsky 1962
subfamilyDiscoclymeniinae
genusDiscoclymeniaHyatt 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. †Discoclymenia Hyatt 1884
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Discoclymenia cucullata von Buch 1832
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Invalid names: Goniatites haueri Munster 1840 [synonym]
Discoclymenia orientalis Korn et al. 2016
Invalid names: Goniatites hercynicus Gumbel 1862 [nomen dubium], Goniatites lenticularis Richter 1848 [nomen dubium], Wedekindoceras Schindewolf 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available