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Discamphiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Discamphiceras Hall et al. p. 1375
2007Discamphiceras Yin et al. p. 730
2013Discamphiceras Howarth p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPsiloceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyDiscamphiceratinaeGuex and Rakus 1991
genusDiscamphiceras

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.

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†Discamphiceras ornatum Taylor 1998
†Discamphiceras pleuronotum Canavari 1882
†Discamphiceras reissi Tilmann 1917
†Discamphiceras tipperi Frebold 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1413.49.0026.012.04.70
diameter1430.321.263.628.611.6
inflation148.175.8017.38.052.99
shell height4710.46.3031.09.854.93
shell diameter4726.915.269.024.913.2
shell inflation478.824.8025.08.704.38

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Hettangian or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aratauran201.4 - 188.9New Zealand D. sp. (63823)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Oregon) D. silberlingi (201166 201167)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) D. submesogenos (188622)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) D. sp. nov. (157367 157387 157389) D. sp. nov., D. silberlingi (157360 157363 157385 157391) D. tipperi (157531)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5USA (Oregon) D. ornatum (157506) D. sp. (157617)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) D. sp. (208919 208920)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Peru D. antiquum (209232)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Mexico (Sonora) D. sp. (39178)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) D. sp., D. silberlingi (53363)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5USA (Nevada) D. reissi (188602) D. silberlingi (188609 188623 188625) D. silberlingi, D. kammerkaroides (188620) D. silberlingi, D. submesogenos (188618) D. sp. (188624 188626) D. sp., D. antiquum (188619) D. submesogenos (188621)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) D. antiquum (84929 84934 84935 84936 84955 84957 84958) D. pleuronotum (84927) D. pleuronotum, D. silberlingi (84964) D. pleuronotum, D. silberlingi, D. antiquum (84926) D. silberlingi (84734 84772 84916 84917 84918 84919 84921 84923 84925 84928 84967 84975) D. silberlingi, D. antiquum (84954 84962) D. silberlingi, D. submesogenos (84973 84979 84980) D. submesogenos (84969 84976)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5USA (Alaska) D. reissi (68695 68696) D. silberlingi (68645 68685 68693) D. sp. (68681)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Chile D. antiquum (209511) D. calcimontanum (209244 209289 209323 209506 209542) D. calcimontanum, D. pleuronotum (209311) D. pleuronotum (209318 209324 209348 209361 209365 209540) D. pleuronotum, D. reissi (209541) D. reissi (209275 209508 209509 209543 209544) D. sp. (209567)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Peru D. antiquum (209049 209051 209052) D. antiquum, D. reissi (209236) D. reissi (209053 209056 209228 209229 209237 209238)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Italy (L'Aquila) D. sp. (196789)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (Alberta) D. silberlingi (197630)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Austria D. sp. (27228)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Italy (L'Aquila) D. sp. (196793)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8New Zealand D. calcimontanum (51865)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8USA (Oregon) D. sp. (201172)