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Dideroceras festinans

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras festinans was named by Blake (1882). It is not extant. Its type locality is Worthen area, which is in an Abereiddian coastal siltstone in the Weston Flags Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Dideroceras festinans by Evans (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Orthoceras festinans Blake
2005Dideroceras festinans Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyEndoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusDiderocerasFlower 1950
speciesfestinans(Blake 1882)

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.

†Dideroceras festinans Blake 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Abereiddian or 468.00000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (England) Dideroceras festinans (89312) Orthoceras festinans (type locality: 89412)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Dideroceras festinans (89313)