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Discoceras antiquissima

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae

Taxonomy
Clymenia antiquissima was named by Eichwald (1842). It is the type species of Discoceras.

It was recombined as Discoceras antiquissimum by Barrande (1867); it was recombined as Discoceras antiquissima by Sweet (1958), Kröger and Aubrechtova (2017) and Kröger and Aubrechtová (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. canadense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Clymenia antiquissima Eichwald
1867Discoceras antiquissimum Barrande
1867Clymenia antiquissima Eichwald
1958Discoceras antiquissima Sweet
2017Discoceras antiquissima Kröger and Aubrechtova
2019Discoceras antiquissima Kröger and Aubrechtová

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyTrocholitidaeChapman 1857
genusDiscocerasBarrande 1867
speciesantiquissima(Eichwald 1842)

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.

†Discoceras antiquissima Eichwald 1842
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pusgillian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 449.50000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Discoceras antiquissimum (124939)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Discoceras antiquissimum (167755)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia Discoceras antiquissima (167759)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Discoceras antiquissimum (162233 162234 163350 164195 164196)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo Asker) Discoceras antiquissimum (164210 164211)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway Discoceras antiquissimum (164212)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Langesund-Skien) Discoceras antiquissimum (159336)