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Cycloceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida

Taxonomy
Cycloceras was named by M'Coy (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise P Sakm Sepkoski's reference number: 524].

It was reranked as Orthoceras (Cycloceras) by Reed (1944).

It was assigned to Orthoceras by Reed (1944); to Michelinoceratida by Flower (1962); and to Orthocerida by Teichert et al. (1964).

Species
C. hsiangtanense, C. laevigatum, C. olorus, C. waageni
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. chikunense, C. marginale, C. meeki

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Cycloceras M'Coy
1924Perigrammoceras Foerste
1944Orthoceras (Cycloceras) Reed p. 366
1962Cycloceras Flower
1964Perigrammoceras Gordon
1964Cycloceras Teichert et al. p. 259

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
genusCyclocerasM'Coy 1844

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.

G. †Cycloceras M'Coy 1844
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†Cycloceras laevigatum M'Coy 1844
†Cycloceras olorus Hall 1879
†Cycloceras waageni Kittl 1903
Invalid names: Perigrammoceras Foerste 1924 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Changhsingian or 467.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hunan and Hubei) C. sp. (7718)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) C. olorus (24229) C. sp. (24125)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Manchuria) C. marginale (56135)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (HeBei) C. sp. (7955)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9North Korea C. densiannulatum, C. chikunense, C. deprati (56174)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (HeBei) C. sp. (7988)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (QingHai) C. sp. (8682)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (QingHai) C. sp. (23595)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) C. niagarense (13107)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic C. bohemicum (13894)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco C. sp. (215814)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Arizona) C. sp. (124288)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (6399 6407)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) C. sulcatum, C. rugosum (73393)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arizona) C. randolphensis (124256)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan C. dombarense (8421)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) C. randolphensis, C. meeki (5611)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8454 67683)
Chokierian - Alportian323.7 - 321.8United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8261)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Perigrammoceras sp. (43205)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8266)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China C. hsiangtanense (66112)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Bosnia and Herzegovina C. waageni (206739)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran C. sp. (63893)