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Trigonoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Trigonoceratidae Hyatt
1894Trigonoceratidae Hyatt p. 539
1964Trigonoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 427
2007Trigonoceratidae Niko and Mapes
2022Trigonoceratidae Korn et al. p. 107
2025Trigonoceratidae Korn p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTemnocheilinaFlower 1963
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTrigonoceratidae
familyTrigonoceratidae

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. †Trigonoceratidae Hyatt 1884
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Subfm. †Chouteauoceratinae Korn 2025
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G. †Chouteauoceras Miller and Garner 1953
G. †Parachouteauoceras Niko and Ozawa 1997
G. †Ungeroceras Sturgeon and Miller 1948
G. †Coelonautilus Foord 1891
Subfm. †Trigonoceratinae Hyatt 1884
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G. †Apogonoceras Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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†Apogonoceras remotum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
G. †Discitoceras Hyatt 1894
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Invalid names: Discites M'Coy 1844 [replaced]
G. †Rineceras Hyatt 1893
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†Rineceras alapaevskense Kruglov 1934
†Rineceras balladoolense Turner 1954
†Rineceras canaliculatum Eichwald 1857
†Rineceras carinatiforme Shimanskiy 1967
†Rineceras carinatum Eichwald 1857
†Rineceras digonum Meek and Worthen 1860
†Rineceras luidii Fleming 1828
†Rineceras meekianum Winchell 1862
†Rineceras meyerianum de Koninck 1844
†Rineceras multituberculatum Korn et al. 2022
†Rineceras ohioense Miller and Garner 1953
†Rineceras patteiskyi Schmidt 1951
†Rineceras propinquum de Koninck 1880
†Rineceras rectangulatum Korn et al. 2022
†Rineceras rhenanum Holzapfel 1889
†Rineceras strigatum Winchell 1862
Invalid names: Pararineceras Turner 1954 [synonym]
G. †Stroborineceras Korn and Bockwinkel 2022
G. †Triboloceras Hyatt 1884
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†Triboloceras kazakhstanense Shimanskiy 1967
G. †Trigonoceras M'Coy 1844
Subfm. †Vestinautilinae Korn 2025
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G. †Edaphoceras Hyatt 1884
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†Edaphoceras hesperis Eichwald 1860
G. †Subvestinautilus Turner 1954
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†Subvestinautilus maritimus Shimanskiy 1967
†Subvestinautilus rector Shimanskiy 1967
G. †Vestinautilus Ryckholt 1852
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†Vestinautilus altidorsalis Winchell 1862
†Vestinautilus biangulatus Sowerby 1825
†Vestinautilus cariniferus Sowerby 1825
†Vestinautilus concinnus Korn et al. 2022
†Vestinautilus formosus Foord 1890
†Vestinautilus kesslerae Korn and Klug 2023
†Vestinautilus koninckii d'Orbigny 1850
†Vestinautilus padus Korn et al. 2022
†Vestinautilus pinguis de Koninck 1844
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: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 353.70000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Rineceras digonum (69302)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Arkansas) Triboloceras sp. (157675)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation Edaphoceras hesperis (166348) Rineceras carinatum (166471 166472)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Russian Federation Nautilus hesperis (166347)
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland Discitoceras leveillianum (76515) Discitoceras leveillianum, Vestinautilus sp., Vestinautilus cariniferus, Vestinautilus paucicarinatus (76501)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Discitoceras leveillianum, Vestinautilus paucicarinatus (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Algeria Rineceras multituberculatum, Rineceras rectangulatum, Vestinautilus padus, Vestinautilus concinnus (224275)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Kazakhstan Rineceras carinatiforme (166474)
Holkerian - Brigantian346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Vestinautilus sp. (5606)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Vestinautilus sp. (211905)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Vestinautilus sp. (5603)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Russian Federation Coelonautilus znamenskianus (166317) Subvestinautilus maritimus (166316)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Kazakhstan Subvestinautilus rector (166318) Triboloceras kazakhstanense (166477)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco Rineceras sp. 2 (231792) Vestinautilus kesslerae (231793)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Rineceras sp. (224469)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Discitoceras sp. (69304) Vestinautilus crateriformis, Coelonautilus planotergatus (5995)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco Rineceras sp. 1 (157749)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland Rineceras luidi (224288 224289 224291 224292 224457 224458 224466) Rineceras patteiskyi (224293 224294 224460 224463 224468)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Discitoceras gratiosum (584)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Rineceras sp., Rineceras canaliculatum (8421) Vestinautilus sp. (166476)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation Rineceras canaliculatum (166473)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Japan Parachouteauoceras bingoense (49787) Parachouteauoceras sp. (49786)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Discites sp. (131548)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan Apogonoceras remotum (116788)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Coelonautilus sp. (125898)