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Didymites quenstedti

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Didymitidae

Taxonomy
Didymites quenstedti was named by von Mojsisovics (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Someraukogel, beds with Trachyceras bicrenatum, which is in an Alaunian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Didymites quenstedti von Mojsisovics p. 154 figs. Pl 59, figs 5a,b; pl 60, fig 8
1902Didymites quenstedti von Mojsisovics p. 334
1994Didymites quenstedti Tozer p. 251 figs. Pl 129, figs 10a,b; text-fig 104k

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyDidymitidaeHaug 1894
genusDidymites
speciesquenstedti

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.

Didymites quenstedti von Mojsisovics 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Didymites quenstedti (137666 139138 139510 141662 141666 141702 141726)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Austria Didymites quenstedti (type locality: 159885)