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Didymoceras californicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Didymoceras californicum was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 29664, Puerto Creek, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. abyssinus, D. indicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Didymoceras californicum Anderson p. 197 figs. pl. 72, fig. 6
1965Didymoceras californicum Howarth p. 376

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusDidymocerasHyatt 1900
speciescalifornicum

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.

†Didymoceras californicum Anderson 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available