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Dayiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Dayiceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Polymorphitinae by Thomson and Smith (1992); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tropidoceratinae by Howarth (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. langi, D. polymorphoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Dayiceras Thomson and Smith p. 16
2002Dayiceras Sepkoski
2013Dayiceras Howarth p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusDayiceras

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.

G. †Dayiceras
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) D. sp. (53406 55545 55546)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) D. sp. (53119)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) D. langi (159162) D. polymorphoides (159158)