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Diestoceras sycon

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Taxonomy
Diestoceras sycon was named by Flower (1952). Its type specimen is MCZ 5025, a partial shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Poland, Herkimer Co., which is in a Mohawkian carbonate limestone in New York.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Diestoceras sycon Flower p. 55 figs. 8 Pl. 6

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

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Diestoceras sycon 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: Mohawkian or 457.30000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Diestoceras sycon (type locality: 89113)