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Discophyllites

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Discophyllites was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Lytoceras patens.

It was reranked as Rhacophyllites (Discophyllites) by von Mojsisovics (1902) and Smith (1927).

It was assigned to Rhacophyllites by von Mojsisovics (1902) and Smith (1927); to Discophyllitidae by Spath (1934), Wiedmann (1970), Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994); and to Phylloceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Discophyllites Hyatt
1902Rhacophyllites (Discophyllites) von Mojsisovics p. 321
1927Rhacophyllites (Discophyllites) Smith p. 99
1934Discophyllites Spath
1970Discophyllites Wiedmann p. 980
1981Discophyllites Tozer p. 100
1994Discophyllites Tozer p. 271
2002Discophyllites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyDiscophyllitidaeSpath 1927
genusDiscophyllitesHyatt 1900

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. †Discophyllites Hyatt 1900
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Discophyllites ebneri Mojsisovics 1896
Discophyllites insignis Gemmellaro 1904
Discophyllites patens von Mojsisovics 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height231.0--31.0-
shell diameter261.750.875.062.917.1
shell inflation226.0--26.0-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Lacian or 235.00000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaihikuan238.5 - 227.5USA (Nevada) D. ebneri (174390)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Oregon) D. sp. (220464)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0New Zealand D. ebneri (201939) D. sp. (201930) D. sp., D. ebneri (201932)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0India Phylloceras ebneri (210922)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) D. sp., D. ebneri (214671)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Russian Federation D. sp. (214798)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Indonesia D. ebneri (215239)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria D. patens (159521)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Russian Federation (Siberia) D. tamyrensis (49632)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) D. patens (85150)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Russian Federation D. nikolaevi (214802) D. sp. (214800 214803)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) Rhacophyllite patens (33327) Rhacophyllites patens (144028)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Indonesia D. ebneri (205162 205164)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (Alaska) Rhacophyllites patens (33416)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Nepal D. sp. (92125)
Tuvalian - Lacian232.0 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) D. ebneri (137173)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) D. sp. (214672)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Colombia (Tolima) D. sp. (101055)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Russian Federation D. sp. (214905)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Austria Lytoceras patens (159578)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) D. ebneri (138592)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) D. patens (85151)