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Baltoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Baltoceratidae Kobayashi
1956Baltoceratidae Unklesbay and Young p. 489
1958Baltoceratidae Sweet
1964Baltoceratidae Flower p. 98
1964Baltoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 154
1977Baltoceratidae Hook and Flower
1981Baltoceratidae Crick p. 227
2005Baltoceratidae Evans
2007Baltoceratidae Kröger et al.
2011Baltoceratidae Evans
2011Baltoceratidae Kröger and Evans
2012Baltoceratidae Kröger and Lefebvre

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBaltoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
familyBaltoceratidaeKobayashi 1935

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.

Fm. †Baltoceratidae Kobayashi 1935
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G. †Annbactroceras Kröger and Evans 2011
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†Annbactroceras felinense Kröger and Evans 2011
†Annbactroceras martyi Thoral 1935
G. †Bactroceras Holm 1898
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Invalid names: Bactroceras guichiense Ying 1989 [synonym], Bactroceras jingshanlingense Zou 1987 [synonym], Bactroceras latisiphonatum Glenister 1952 [synonym], Bactroceras wilsoni Flower 1968 [synonym], Irianoceras antiquum Kobayashi and Burton 1971 [synonym]
†Bactroceras avus Holm 1898
†Bactroceras gossei Etheridge 1893
†Bactroceras mourguesi Thoral 1935
†Bactroceras sandbergeri Barrande 1867
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Invalid names: Tretoceras parvulum Barrande 1868 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eobactrites Schindewolf 1932 [synonym]
G. †Castelloceras Evans 2005
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G. †Cochlioceras Eichwald 1860
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†Cochlioceras avus Eichwald 1860
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Invalid names: Cochlioceras sinense Chang 1957 [synonym]
Invalid names: Baltoceras Holm 1897 [synonym]
G. †Cyrtobaltoceras Flower 1964
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†Cyrtobaltoceras gracile Flower 1964
G. †Endorioceras Flower 1964
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†Endorioceras rarum Flower 1964
G. †Eosomichelinoceras Chen 1974
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†Eosomichelinoceras baldisii Kröger et al. 2007
G. †Hedstroemoceras Foerste 1930
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G. †Metabaltoceras Flower 1964
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†Metabaltoceras fusiforme Flower 1964
†Metabaltoceras minutum Flower 1964
G. †Microbaltoceras Flower 1964
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†Microbaltoceras minore Flower 1964
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†Ogygoceras gracile Ulrich et al. 1944
G. †Rhabdiferoceras Flower 1964
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†Rhabdiferoceras planiseptatum Hook and Flower 1977
Invalid names: Rhabdiferoceras floweri Zhuravleva 1994 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Semiannuloceras Evans 2005
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G. †Sinocochleoceras Qi 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Onnian or 486.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (107 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (New Mexico) Endorioceras rarum (88827) Metabaltoceras minutum (88945)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) Baltoceratidae indet. (282) Microbaltoceras sp., Microbaltoceras minore (88939)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Annbactroceras martyi (101705) Annbactroceras martyi, Annbactroceras felinense, Bactroceras mourguesi (101704) Cochlioceras roemeri (101706)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Bactroceras mourguesi (101709 101710 101713) Cochlioceras roemeri (101707) Cochlioceras roemeri, Bactroceras mourguesi (101708)
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1Indonesia (unknown) Irianoceras antiquum (64611)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan) Bactroceras sp. (7703)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Rhabdiferoceras annuliferum (88775)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Vermont) Cyrtobaltoceras gracile (42793)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Texas) Rhabdiferoceras sp. (88776)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (New York) Cyrtobaltoceras gracile (42798) Metabaltoceras fusiforme (42782 88944)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhabdiferoceras pertinens (188702 188704 188714 188719 188725 188727 188741)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Hunan) Bactroceras sp. (7691)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Guizhou) Cochlioceras sp. (7358 7371 7385)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (JiangSu) Cochlioceras sp. (7940)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Hunan and Hubei) Cochlioceras sp. (7717)
Moridunian477.1 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) Castelloceras arennigense (89318 89325 89424 89425) Semiannuloceras abbeyense (89426 89430)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Morocco (Anti Atlas) Bactroceras sp. (166731)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Bactroceras mourguesi (101711 101714 101715)
Floian477.1 - 471.3USA (Arkansas) Ogygoceras gracile (99119)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Bolivia (Tarija) Bactroceras avus (88177)
Moridunian - Whitlandian477.1 - 470.7United Kingdom (Wales) Semiannuloceras abbeyense (89427)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hunan) Bactroceras sp. (7701)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Guizhou) Bactroceras sp. (4760) Cochlioceras sp. (4759)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Bactroceras angustisiphonatum (89288)
Whitlandian473.8 - 470.7United Kingdom (Wales) Semiannuloceras abbeyense (89428)
Hunderum - Valaste472.1 - 465.9Sweden (Kalmar) Cochlioceras avus, Hedstroemoceras haelluddense (89246)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Bactroceras sp. (297) Bactroceras wilsoni (104459)
Dapingian - Darriwilian471.3 - 458.2Iran Eosomichelinoceras sp. (157543)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Baltoceras minor (171799 171800)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Bactroceras wilsoni (233163) Baltoceras striatum (88946)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0United Kingdom (Wales) Bactroceras sandbergeri (89414)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia Tretoceras parvulum, Eobactrites sandbergeri (3857)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) Cochlioceras sp. (80009)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Argentina (San Juan) Cochlioceras avus (87619) Cochlioceras sp. (87620) Eosomichelinoceras baldisii (87616 87617)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Norway Cochlioceras avus (163121)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Bactroceras sandbergeri (89420)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina Baltoceras sp., Belloceras sp. (9026)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Czechia (Prague) Eobactrites sp. (76458)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (JiangSu) Cochlioceras sp. (7932)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Lithuania Cochlioceras sp. (207285)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Estonia (Lääne) Cochlioceras sp. (195659 195660)
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Norway (Oslo Asker) Eobactrites sandbergeri (163963)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Poland (Kuyavia-Pomerania) Cochlioceras sp. (89471)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Sweden (Kalmar) Cochlioceras sp. (87732)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Sweden (Siljan) Cochlioceras burchardi (2943)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Endoceras angustisiphonatum (89413)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Sweden Cochlioceras sp., Bactroceras sp. (2933)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Sweden (Dalarna) Cochlioceras burchardi (192032 192382)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Poland (Lubusz) Cochlioceras sp. (89470)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) Bactroceras sp. (4711)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2China (AnHui) Bactroceras sp. (7852)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Sweden Cochlioceras sp. (2931 2942)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hunan) Cochlioceras sp. (7690)
Middle Llandeilo - Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) Bactroceras sp. (4710)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2China (Guizhou) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (4751)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0China (Guizhou) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (5140)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0China (Sichuan) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (5340)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Yunnan) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (7262 7334)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (JiangSu) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (7943)
Harnagian - Actonian458.2 - 453.0China (Sichuan) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (7656)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (Anhui) Bactroceras sp. (7836)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (Guizhou) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (5138)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (JiangSu) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (7947)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (ShanXi) Bactroceras sp. (7884)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hubei) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (4690)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangSu) Eosomichelinoceras sp. (7929 7935)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Bactroceras sp. (2661 2709 2746)
Eastonian - Bolindian452.3 - 443.1Australia (New South Wales) Bactroceras sp. (2748)