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Didymites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Didymitidae

Taxonomy
Didymites was named by von Mojsisovics (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-m Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was assigned to Didymitidae by von Mojsisovics (1896), Spath (1951), Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Didymites von Mojsisovics p. 151
1896Didymites von Mojsisovics
1951Didymites Spath p. 116
1981Didymites Tozer p. 99
1994Didymites Tozer p. 251
2002Didymites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyDidymitidaeHaug 1894
genusDidymites

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. †Didymites von Mojsisovics 1875
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Didymites afghanicus von Mojsisovics 1896
Didymites globus Quenstedt 1845
Didymites quenstedti von Mojsisovics 1875
Didymites sphaeroides von Mojsisovics 1875
Didymites subglobus von Mojsisovics 1875
Didymites tectus von Mojsisovics 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Pakistan (Balochistan) D. afghanicus (210928)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Austria D. quenstedti, D. globus, D. subglobus, D. angustilobatus, D. sphaeroides (159885) D. tectus (159565)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) D. quenstedti (137666 139138 139510 141662 141666 141702 141726)