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Digonioceras terebratum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus terebratus was named by Dumortier (1874). Its type specimen is ML 9005, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Verpillière (Isère, Bifrons zone), which is in a Bifrons/Thouarsense carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Cenoceras terebratus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Digonioceras terebratum by Rulleau (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Nautilus terebratus Dumortier p. 42 figs. Pl 6, figs 3,4
1914Nautilus terebratus Pia p. 68 figs. Pl 9, fig 8
1956Cenoceras terebratus Kummel p. 376
2008Digonioceras terebratum Rulleau p. 63 figs. Pl 26, fig 3; pl 27, fig 2; text-fig 9/4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusDigoniocerasHyatt 1894
speciesterebratum(Dumortier 1874)

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.

Digonioceras terebratum Dumortier 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height324.720.036.021.08.96
shell diameter352.651.055.052.02.08
shell inflation38.258.008.508.250.354

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Bifrons to the top of the Thouarsense or 182.00000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6France Digonioceras terebratum (167407 167454)
Bifrons - Thouarsense182.0 - 175.6France Nautilus terebratus (150353)