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Diplomoceras ellipticum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hamites ellipticus was named by Anderson (1902).

It was replaced with Hamites siskiyouensis by Hanna (1924); it was recombined as Diplomoceras ellipticum by Anderson (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. undulatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Hamites ellipticus Anderson p. 87 figs. Plate III, Figs. 102-103; Plate X, Fig. 191
1958Diplomoceras ellipticum Anderson p. 198 figs. Plate 39, figures 5, 5a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusDiplomoceras
speciesellipticum()

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.

†Diplomoceras ellipticum Anderson 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 93.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Oregon) Diplomoceras ellipticum (86813)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Hamites ellipticus (83785)