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Ormoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Ormoceratidae Saeman
1958Ormoceratidae Sweet
1964Ormoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 210
1981Ormoceratidae Crick p. 227
1995Ormoceratidae Frey p. P85
2008Ormoceratidae Kröger
2017Ormoceratidae Kröger and Aubrechtova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyOrmoceratidaeSaeman 1853
familyOrmoceratidaeSaeman 1853

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. †Ormoceratidae Saeman 1853
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G. †Adamsoceras Flower 1957
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†Adamsoceras holmi Troedsson 1926
†Adamsoceras isabelae Flower 1957
G. †Deiroceras Hyatt 1884
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†Deiroceras curdsvillense Foerste and Teichert 1930
†Deiroceras hollardi Kröger 2008
†Deiroceras python Billings 1857
G. †Metarmenoceras Flower 1940
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†Metarmenoceras fatimae Kröger 2008
G. †Mstikhinoceras Shimanskiy 1961
G. †Ormoceras Stokes 1840
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†Ormoceras bayfieldi Stokes 1840
†Ormoceras centrale Flower 1940
†Ormoceras champlainense Flower 1952
†Ormoceras dartoni Flower 1957
†Ormoceras ferecentricum Foerste. and Teichert 1930
†Ormoceras heckeri Teichert 1930
†Ormoceras kiaeri Sweet 1958
†Ormoceras neumani Flower 1957
†Ormoceras schohariae Flower 1940
Invalid names: Aluveroceras [synonym]
G. †Orthonybyoceras Shimizu and Obata 1935
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†Orthonybyoceras covingtonense Foerste and Teichert 1930
†Orthonybyoceras dyeri Miller 1875
†Orthonybyoceras isakari Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
†Orthonybyoceras moisense Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Invalid names: Siberioceras [synonym]
G. †Parormoceras Shimizu and Obata 1935
G. †Troedssonoceras Foerste 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 469.10000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dawan478.8 - 466.6Mongolia Ormoceras spp. (157192)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (NingXia) Ormoceras sp. (20766)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (ShanDong) Ormoceras sp. (20773 20775)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GanSu) Ormoceras sp. (8555)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (HeBei) Ormoceras sp. (7956 7979)
Arenig - Llanvirn477.1 - 458.2China (JiLin) Ormoceras sp. (21141)
Hunderum - Valaste472.1 - 465.9Sweden (Kalmar) Adamsoceras holmi (89246)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Maryland) Ormoceras neumani (172563)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Adamsoceras isabelae (88946) Adamsoceras sp. (104310)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Adamsoceras sp. (104873)
Marmor - Ashbyan471.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Ormoceras champlainense (89032)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) Ormoceras sp. (24125 24231 24236 24240 24245)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) Ormoceras sp. (24165)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0Malaysia (Palau Lankawi Island) Ormoceras langskawiense (56168)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0Malaysia (Perlis) Ormoceras langskawiense (56161) Ormoceras sp. (56162)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Tibet) Deiroceras globosom (233263)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (HeBei) Ormoceras sp. (7955)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Australia (Tasmania) Orthonybyoceras tasmaniense (167467)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Norway Adamsoceras holmi (163121)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (HeBei) Ormoceras sp. (7990)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Nei Mongol) Ormoceras sp. (8541)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2South Korea (Kangweondo (Gangwon-do)) Ormoceras weoni (89519) Ormoceras weoni, Ormoceras cricki (89518)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Manchuria) Ormoceras manchuriense (56135)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeBei) Ormoceras sp. (7959 7973)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (JiLin) Ormoceras sp. (21148)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (LiaoNing) Ormoceras sp., Parormoceras sp. (20760)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (ShanXi) Ormoceras sp. (8005)
Llanvirn - Early/Lower Llandeilo468.0 - 458.2South Korea (Kangwon-do) Ormoceras koraiense, Ormoceras nanumforme (56173)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2China (HeBei) Ormoceras sp., Troedssonoceras sp. (7988)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (LiaoNing) Ormoceras sp. (20758)
Llandeilo - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5China (Gansu) Ormoceras sp. (20762)
Uhaku - Haljala459.7 - 453.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Ormoceras kusmovkense (204900)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2China (HeBei) Ormoceras sp. (7989)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (GanSu) Ormoceras sp. (8550)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (HeBei) Ormoceras sp. (7986)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Colorado) Ormoceras pollacki, Ormoceras sp. (10380) Ormoceras sp. (10391)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Ormoceras sp. (24174)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Estonia Ormoceras sp. (24175)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Ormoceras sp. (55999)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Deiroceras scofieldi (23689 23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Deiroceras scofieldi (23752 23753 23756 23757)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Deiroceras scofieldi (23691)
Franklinian457.3 - 449.6USA (Colorado) Ormoceras pollacki (155756 216975 216976)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Deiroceras curdsvillense (87823)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Ormoceras ferecentricum (87737 87739)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Deiroceras sp. (26937)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Ormoceras sp. (24115)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Vasalemma) Orthonybyoceras dyeri, Orthonybyoceras isakari (188570) Orthonybyoceras dyeri, Orthonybyoceras isakari, Orthonybyoceras moisense (188677)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Harju) Orthonybyoceras dyeri, Orthonybyoceras isakari, Orthonybyoceras moisense (188680) Orthonybyoceras dyeri, Orthonybyoceras moisense (188683) Orthonybyoceras sp., Orthonybyoceras dyeri, Orthonybyoceras isakari, Orthonybyoceras moisense (169041) Orthonybyoceras sp., Orthonybyoceras isakari, Orthonybyoceras moisense (87273)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Nes-Hamar) Ormoceras kiaeri (164008)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Orthonybyoceras sp. (34563)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Ormoceras maquoketense (23738)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Ormoceras allumettense (26340)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Texas) Ormoceras dartoni (172562)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Ormoceras maquoketense (23783)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Ormoceras maquoketense (23741)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Ormoceras allumettense, Deiroceras python (26342)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Orthonybyoceras sp. (5394) Troedssonoceras sp. (387 388)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Ormoceras maquoketense (23784)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.1USA (Ohio) Troedssonoceras sp. (389)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Deiroceras shideleri (23786 23787)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Ormoceras spp. (24124)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Orthonybyoceras dyeri (87966)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Ormoceras heckeri (167758)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana, Ohio) Ormoceras sp. (24171)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Ormoceras sp. A (188858) Ormoceras sp. A, Ormoceras sp. B (188860)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Italy (Sardinia) Metarmenoceras sp. (26158)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62Italy (Sardinia) Metarmenoceras meneghinii (26163)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Ormoceras sp. (206346)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Ormoceras boreale (40697)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Ormoceras centrale (76330)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Ukraine Ormoceras dobrovljanensis (23446)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Metarmenoceras bilaterale (76331)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Deiroceras hollardi (208258 208259 208261) Ormoceras sp. (91611)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (New York) Ormoceras schohariae (76328 76329)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Deiroceras hollardi (91747) Metarmenoceras fatimacharaoui (91749)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Ormoceras sp. (5960)