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Diplesioceras diplesium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Taxonomy
Diplesioceras diplesium was named by Buckman (1920). Its type specimen is BGS 32024, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Diplesioceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Diplesioceras diplesium Buckman
2022Diplesioceras diplesium Dietze et al. p. 113 figs. 1a,c-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
genusDiplesioceras
speciesdiplesiumBuckman 1920

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.

Diplesioceras diplesium Buckman 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.911.020.817.54.99
shell diameter338.231.045.040.07.09
shell inflation311.29.5013.011.31.75

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: Garantiana or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Garantiana171.6 - 167.7France Diplesioceras diplesium (228411 228412)
Garantiana171.6 - 167.7Spain Diplesioceras diplesium (228413)