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Diestoceras sinclairi

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Diestoceras sinclairi was named by Flower (1952). Its type specimen is a specimen in the collection of G. Winston Sinclair, a partial shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Terrebonne, near Montreal, which is in a Shermanian/Edenian deep subtidal shelf limestone/shale in the Tetreauville Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Diestoceras sinclairi Flower p. 54 figs. 1 Pl. 7

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

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.

Diestoceras sinclairi Flower 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Shermanian to the top of the Edenian or 460.90000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian - Edenian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Quebec) Diestoceras sinclairi (type locality: 89112)