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Didymoceras tenuicostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Helicoceras tenuicostatus was named by Meek and Hayden (1858). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Didymoceras tenuicostatus by Kennedy et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Helicoceras tenuicostatus Meek and Hayden p. 56
2000Didymoceras tenuicostatus Kennedy et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusDidymocerasHyatt 1900
speciestenuicostatus(Meek and Hayden 1858)

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.

Didymoceras tenuicostatus Meek and Hayden 1858
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available