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Diestoceras waynesvillense

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Diestoceras waynesvillense was named by Flower (1946). Its type specimen is MU 446T, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harvey Branch, N of Oldenburg, which is in a Richmondian deep subtidal shelf claystone/limestone in the Bull Fork Formation of Indiana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Diestoceras waynesvillense Flower p. 494 figs. 9 Pl. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyDiestoceratidaeFoerste 1926
genusDiestocerasFoerste 1924
specieswaynesvillense

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Diagnosis
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