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Dyscritoceras metellus

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras metellus was named by Billings (1865). It is the type species of Dyscritoceras.

It was recombined as Dyscritoceras metellus by Billings (1865), Ulrich and Foerste (1936) and Evans (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Dyscritoceras metellus Billings p. 42
1936Dyscritoceras metellus Ulrich and Foerste
2011Dyscritoceras metellus Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusDyscritocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936
speciesmetellus(Billings 1865)

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.

Dyscritoceras metellus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cassinian or 482.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Dyscritoceras metellus (101017)