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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4623881	https://www.gbif.org/species/4623881
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13678	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13678

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Dimorphoceratidae : Dimorphoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Dimorphoceratidae : Dimorphoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Goniatitina	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Dimorphoceratoidea
family	Dimorphoceratidae	Hyatt 1884
subfamily	Dimorphoceratinae	Hyatt 1884
genus	Dimorphoceras	Hyatt 1884

Scientific Name

Dimorphoceras Hyatt, 1884

Name Published In

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dimorphoceras	genus	belongs to Goniatitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Dimorphoceras	genus	belongs to Dimorphoceratinae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

345 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Goniatitida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dimorphoceras algens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dimorphoceras politum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	315 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Dimorphoceras rileyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Dimorphoceras worki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1883	Dimorphoceras Hyatt
2002	Dimorphoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Dimorphoceras Korn
2009	Dimorphoceras Furnish et al. p. 40

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Furnish W. M., Glenister B. F., et al (2009) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), 1-258

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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